Baylor will honor former softball standout pitcher Whitney Canion by retiring her jersey (No. 11) – a first in program history – this weekend. Canion’s number will be retired prior to Baylor’s game against Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Getterman Stadium.
Author: Baylor Lariat
Cosplay, dressing up as a specific character, is usually done at
conventions for comic books or anime. Kay Jay, 20, is a San Antonio
native who has been cosplaying for more than two years and has made
25 costumes.
Baylor and TCU brought another form of the school rivalry to Waco this weekend as the sixth ranked Bears women’s tennis team fought off an early deficit to take down the No. 21-ranked Horned Frogs 4-1 Sunday afternoon at the Hurd Tennis Center.
Baylor baseball has been on a bit of a rough stretch over the last few weeks. The Bears picked up just one win in the 12 games leading up to their Big 12 home opener against West Virginia this weekend at Baylor Ballpark.
The Baylor men’s basketball team will head back to the drawing board after its season was brought to an abrupt close following the Bears’ 57-56 loss to 14-seed Georgia State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last Thursday.
Independence is the location where Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, and incoming students visit the site every summer at Line Camp. The 21st Annual Women’s History Month Lecture, sponsored by the history department and Phi Alpha Theta, took place Monday in Morrison Hall.
At approximately 3 a.m. Saturday, members of Student Foundation began chalking the 13.1-mile course for Waco’s own Bearathon, an annual half-marathon sponsored by the student organization to raise funds for scholarships.
Launching his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas asked Christian conservative voters to imagine a United States without the IRS, Obamacare or abortion rights — and to imagine they can make that happen by supporting him.
A four-month police investigation into an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia that Rolling Stone magazine described in graphic detail produced no evidence of the attack and was stymied by the accuser’s unwillingness to cooperate, authorities said Monday.
The No. 5 Lady Bears (two-seed) clinched Baylor’s seventh-straight Sweet 16 berth after a 73-44 rout over 10-seed Arkansas at the Ferrell Center on Sunday.
Registration for the For the Kids Dodgeball Tournament is now open. The tournament will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday in Russell Gymnasium and will raise funds for Scott and White McLane Children’s Hospital. The top three teams will win prizes. Teams can only have a maximum of seven players and should have at least five members. Individuals must register separately. The cost is $5 per person. You may register at the door or online at www.eventbrite.com/e/for-the-kids-dodgeball-tournament-tickets-16214547147?aff=efbevent. For additional information, contact Prashant_Appikatla@baylor.edu.
The annual Gut Pak Run, hosted by the Freshman Class Council and the Baylor Triathlon Club, will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday in front of Waco Hall. Racers will run from Baylor to Vitek’s BBQ and eat a Gut Pak before returning to the finish line on Speight Ave. Prices start at $20 for students and $25 for the general public until Thursday. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Youth Arts initiatives of Mission Waco. For additional information or to register, visit, www.baylor.edu/studentactivities/organizations/index.php?id=93342.
Spread the Word to End the Word, a campaign to stop the use of the word “retard” or “retarded” in a derogatory way, is coming to Baylor’s campus. This Wednesday, there will be a table where you can sign a banner to pledge your rejection of the R-word from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Bill Daniel Student Center. This year’s shirts will be available for $10 and last year’s for $5 ($12 for both). For additional information, visit www.r-word.org.
Nominations for the 2015 Light Your World Awareness award are now open. The award recognizes Baylor professors who have impacted students’ lives in a positive way at a banquet held by Phi Kappa Chi on April 1. The selected professor and the student who nominated them will be guests of honor at the banquet. To nominate a professor, go to https://goo.gl/forms/XH2C1wTsuY. Nominations are due by noon Wednesday. For additional information, contact Jacob_Plett@baylor.edu.
The Gathering on the Brazos, a Palm Sunday worship service with more than 80 congregations, will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday at McLane Stadium. The event is free, but attendees are encouraged to bring two canned food items to benefit local food pantries. The event will have various notable speakers, such as former quarterback Bryce Petty, President and Chancellor Ken Starr and HGTV’s Fixer Upper co-host Joanna Gaines.
About 250 people gathered Monday afternoon at the Texas Capitol to rally in support of what they call “biblical marriage” — a union between a man and a woman — at an event headlined by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
Flip to any religious television channel and you’re far more likely to see thousand-dollar suits and elegant churches the size of small municipalities than anything resembling “the poor,” “the meek” or “the suffering.”
Throughout high school and during my time here at Baylor, I have been described as a couple of things. One word seems to be repetitive: organized.
The cast of “Pitch Perfect” has nothing on Baylor’s VirtuOSO. The 14 member a cappella choir will compete at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Final in New York on April 18.
The second installment in the “Divergent” series easily topped the box office with $54 million from 3,875 theaters, according Rentrak estimates Sunday. Penn’s geopolitical thriller stumbled with only $5 million.
As a senior graduating in December, I am already on the job hunt. As most people know, getting a job in the market these days is near to impossible for recent graduates.
The first day of spring brought cloudy skies and rain to the Waco area, but head coach Art Briles and the reigning two-time Big 12 champion Baylor football team didn’t let the weather bother them as the Bears played their spring scrimmage Friday night at McLane Stadium.
The No. 5 Lady Bears easily handled 15-seed Northwestern State Friday afternoon at the Ferrell Center by a score of 77-36. Baylor switched on the cruise control after jumping out to an early double-digit lead over the Lady Demons.
The process begins today for students to receive more storage for their email accounts.
Panelists discussed religious freedom and how the Waco community can help those affected by religious persecution on Thursday at the Global Religious Freedom Summit in the Kayser Auditorium of the Hankamer School of Business.
After a lengthy search, Dr. Michael K. McLendon will be returning back to his alma mater as the new dean for Baylor’s School of Education.
Employees at several Austin businesses have found stickers saying “exclusively for white people” placed on their windows, sparking an investigation into their origin and condemnation from the mayor.
Student Senate unanimously passed a bill at Thursday’s meeting that recommended visitation hours for all residence halls across campus be the same.
The men’s basketball team, going into the NCAA Tournament as three-seed, was highly favored to win the second round. The upset was upsetting and unexpected to coaches, players and fans. That being said, the fan response on social media in regard to Baylor head coach Scott Drew was uncalled for and tacky. Almost instantly, Baylor fans hit Twitter with venom aimed at Drew.
