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Don’t Feed the Bears is back! Greg DeVries and Daniel Hill break down the Seahawks dominant 43-8 Super Bowl victory over the Broncos. The guys also discuss the Winter Olympics and Shaun White’s failure in the men’s snowboard half pipe competition. Greg and Daniel also talk about how the NFL and society in general are welcoming the first openly homosexual player into the NFL Draft in Michael Sam, the defensive end from Missouri. The guys also weigh in with their opinion on Marcus Smart’s confrontation with a Texas Tech fan. The show ends with a quick look ahead for Baylor…

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Texas Department of Public Safety troopers made several narcotics, weapons and traffic related arrests Wednesday during the department’s high intensity traffic enforcement day, said trooper D. I. Wilson, a public information officer for DPS.

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WASHINGTON — Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling government default cleared Congress on Wednesday with an awkward assist from top Senate Republican leaders who were forced into a politically treacherous vote engineered by tea party favorite Ted Cruz.

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In the fall, Baylor students will have the chance to give back to the community. Students of the university’s new Philanthropy and the Public Good course will have the opportunity to allot $50,000 to $100,000 to multiple local nonprofit organizations to help meet needs in the Waco community.

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SAN ANTONIO — A lawyer representing Texas asked a federal judge Wednesday to reject pleas from two gay couples to suspend the state constitution’s definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, calling the legalization of same-sex marriages “a more recent innovation than Facebook.”

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NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, best remembered for his impassioned pleas for help after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, was convicted Wednesday of accepting bribes in exchange for helping businessmen secure millions of dollars in city work, including after the devastating storm.

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I think pretty much anything and everything there is to be said about the topic of marriage and the LGBT community has been said. My opinion probably carries much less credibility than many others’ opinions do. I’ll quote Forrest Gump: “I don’t know much about anything.”

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Dinner and a movie.
Yes, I realize it represents a profound failure of imagination, but this was the date I had proposed to my wife for Valentine’s Day this week. But sometimes life’s obligations (not to mention two kids) limit your options for an evening out, so you flail around, punt and resort to an old standby. It still beats takeout and loading the dishwasher, right?

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Baylor came into Wednesday night’s matchup with TCU in desperate need of a win. The Bears had lost two in a row and eight of their last nine in conference play after their hot start to the season. Baylor (15-9, 3-8) finally was able to finish the job in a 91-58 win against TCU (9-14, 0-11) at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth

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Baylor came into Wednesday night’s matchup with TCU in desperate need of a win. The Bears had lost two in a row and eight of their last nine in conference play after their hot start to the season. Baylor (15-9, 3-8) finally was able to finish the job in a 91-58 win against TCU (9-14, 0-11) at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth.

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Tamera Mowry-Housley, co-host of the daytime television show “The Real,” took part in an open and honest discussion about her battle with depression and conquering the unknown Tuesday at Baylor’s Black Heritage Banquet.

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Students worrying about what to do after graduation can take a new class next semester focusing on professional development.

In the new course titled Professional Development 2101, students will learn about career exploration, internships, resumes, mock interviews and personal statements.

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