The Beta Upsilon Chi is hosting its annual Island Party at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Student Union Building Bowl . There will be a free concert, featuring Green River Ordinance and Trannie Stevens. T-shirts are on sale for $6 in the SUB and the Penland and East Village dining halls. Purchasing a shirt will make you eligible to receive three tickets for a drawing for a scooter. Everyone at the Island Party will also receive a free ticket for the drawing. Proceeds will go to World Hunger Relief Inc. For more information, go to baylorislandparty.com.
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The Heart of Texas Autism Network will work with the Baylor Autism Resource Clinic and Baylor University Center for Developmental Disabilities to host the 2015 Waco Walk for Autism and Family Fun Day from 2-4 p.m. April 19 at Fountain Mall. The event will celebrate the abilities and potential of people with autism. The fee for walkers 18 years or older is $20 and is $15 for participants under 18. Proceeds will go to the improvement of resources and programs for local families and individuals living with autism. The event will include live music, activities, games and a resource fair.…
Beta Kappa Gamma’s third annual dodgeball tournament in support of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will be held on from 6-10 p.m. Friday at the McLane Student Life Center. Teams need at least six players, but no more than eight. Player fees are $10. There will be over $500 in prizes, including a $300 prize for first place. For more information or to sign up, visit https://dfac.bkgbaylor.org/.
A much-maligned statue of Lucille Ball will get a face-lift after it drew worldwide attention as “Scary Lucy,” according to the mayor of the western New York village where the 1950s sitcom actress and comedian grew up and her life-size bronze has stood since 2009.
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Members of the Baylor family get in the spirit of April Fools’ Day with the help of social media and Pacman.
After a six-year moratorium, the federal government is increasing the price of admission at some of its public lands and raising the fees charged for camping, boating, cave tours and other activities.
Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of former Beatles guitarist John Lennon, died of cancer Wednesday at her home in Spain. She was 75.
The university will be adding an additional fraternity by the end of the spring semester in an effort to expand Greek Life at Baylor, according to several sources within the department of Greek life.
Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business’ relocation is leaving a gigantic footprint on the campus map. What the university plans to do with its old building is still under debate.
A Texas House panel is hearing the case for — and against — changing the state’s definition of who is considered an adult in the criminal justice system.
California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping.
Baylor is helping bring light to the surrounding community through the installation of new color-changing LED lights on the access road bridges along Interstate 35.
Big Bang Theory revolves around (pun intended) the lives of four young scientists and their attempts to navigate life in Pasadena as self-proclaimed nerds and hopefully find love.
Growing up, I felt like I got one common message from school, camp and extracurricular activities: louder is better. The loudest students got the teacher’s attention, were deemed the leaders, and were the most well-known.
No. 13 Baylor softball kick off its Easter weekend with a bang as it hosts Big 12 opponent Texas Tech this weekend at Getterman Stadium. The Bears have learned to respect everybody over the course of non-conference play with impressive wins over then-No. 2 Oregon, then-No. 25 Tulsa and a conference opening series win over Oklahoma State.
When the No. 20 University of Houston Cougars came to Baylor Ballpark Tuesday night to deal the Bears an 11-0 shellacking, head coach Steve Smith made no bones about it. In his own words, his team is “either too young or not good enough” at this point in the season.
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Bispo do Rosario, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, transformed virtually anything he could get his hands on — by any means possible — into art. And he did it for more than two decades, nearly unrecognized until the last years of his life.
Tidal, the music and video streaming service co-owned by Jay Z, Rihanna, Madonna and other artists, is inviting more performers to join the company and earn equity.
No. 7 Baylor women’s tennis will travel to Lubbock for its third-straight conference road match on Saturday to face No. 18 Texas Tech.
The past five years in Baylor athletics have completely changed the way the university is viewed by the entire country. Ask a Baylor fan who attended games 10 years ago what they saw, and the response would not be very pleasing.
Sophomore sprinter Trayvon Bromell was named Big 12 Male Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the third time in his career on Wednesday.
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Katy junior and Internal Vice President Lawren Kinghorn’s apology to the Student Senate has been delayed by a procedural oversight.
In anticipation of Easter, the religion department hosted a lecture Tuesday centered on New Testament accounts of the Resurrection, given by Dr. Lidija Novakovic, associate professor of biblical studies and the New Testament.
After being suspended for two years by the national headquarters for hazing allegations, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc will return to campus this spring, according to the national website of the sorority.
The first state budget under Republican Gov. Greg Abbott slogged toward a major vote Tuesday that inched him closer to sending hundreds more armed troopers to the Texas-Mexico border but muddled his proposed prekindergarten makeover that has underwhelmed educators.
