Author: Baylor Lariat

The No. 6 Baylor women’s tennis team has gotten off to a hot start in the 2015 dual-match season, and the Lady Bears exhibited their current state of dominance with four-straight shutouts on Friday and Sunday to continue their unbeaten season at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.

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When you work at the Lariat, there are just some things you have to suck up. For example, as I write this four of us are working outside our normal hours to make sure everything’s done for the night. Whether it’s missing out on a social life or walking around like a zombie due to lack of sleep, Lariat staffers tend to deal with some necessary evils.

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Several nationally recognized organists came to participate in the 21st annual Midwinter Organ Conference, which began Sunday.

Jason Roberts, associate director of music and organist at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York City, will give a performance to accompany Buster Keaton’s silent film “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” in Jones Concert Hall.

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An interest meeting for the Green and Gold Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Beckham Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center. The Green and Gold Pageant Committee puts on the pageant to recognize the talents of Baylor students in leadership and philanthropy. The meeting is open to all undergraduate students. For additional information, contact Lexi_Dowell@baylor.edu or Aziza_Lewally@baylor.edu.

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Tickets are now available in the Bill Daniel Student Center Ticket Office for All-University Sing. Ticket prices range from $22 to $26. Students get a $2 discount with their ID. For additional information, contact bdsctickets@baylor.edu. You can also buy tickets online at www.baylor.edu/studentactivities/ticketoffice.

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The Martin Museum of Art is holding a print-a-Valentine workshop from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday. Participants will choose a design and experience the printmaking process to make their own Valentine card. The event is free. The Museum of Art is located in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. For more information, visit www.baylor.edu/martinmuseum.

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President Barack Obama wants to create a new government agency dedicated to keeping the nation’s food safe.
The proposal in the president’s budget released Monday comes after outbreaks of illnesses linked to chicken, eggs, peanuts and cantaloupe in recent years. More than a dozen federal agencies oversee food safety, and consumer advocates have long called for bringing all those functions together in a single home.

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By Cody Soto Sports Writer No. 6 Baylor women’s tennis finished off its weekend with another doubleheader, this time taking down No. 25 Tulsa 4-0 and in-state team Incarnate Word 7-0 at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center on Sunday. “It was a great opportunity to play a lot of tennis,” head coach Joey Scrivano said. “Our underclassmen, most importantly, got a lot of practice and go to work on areas of the game that they needed to. It was very successful not only on the scoreboard but also from a development standpoint.” The Lady Bears were challenged in two out…

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By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer The No. 3 Lady Bears climbed to 9-0 in the Big 12 Conference after a gritty 66-58 win over the Kansas Jayhawks on Sunday at the Ferrell Center. Baylor extended its impressive win streak to 19 games in a row. The game was strewn with controversial officiating, inconsistent free-throw shooting and plenty of turnovers for both sides. The rowdy crowd at the Ferrell Center was loud and evidently frustrated with the referees after 43 fouls were called on Sunday. “This was a very difficult game to coach,” Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey said. “I thought…

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by Cody Soto Sports Writer No. 20 Baylor men’s basketball showed no mercy to No. 19 Texas as the Bears fired away from the field to take a big 83-60 win at the Ferrell Center Saturday afternoon. Baylor (16-5, 4-4 Big 12) shot 30-for-62 from the field for a 48.4 shooting percentage and limited the Longhorns to a 38.6 shooting percentage, including only 5-for-26 from three-point range. The Bears hit 12-of-22 shots from beyond the arc, shooting 54.5 percent. Senior guard Kenny Chery had a stellar performance with 23 points on 9-for-12 from the field and add four rebounds and…

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Reubin Turner City Editor Many knew it was only a matter of time, but it’s finally happened – the social mediafication of investing. Several millennials along the West Coast are using unconventional methods that involve social media and apps to enter a market that 20-somethings have been afraid to do with lingering memories of the Great Recession. The fact that social media is a tool this generation is well-versed in suggests the medium is here to stay. Because social mediafication encourages novices to invest by learning together and sharing advice from investors of all skill levels, this will have…

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You’re sitting in a class, the professor is giving a lecture, and then he pauses to direct a question to the class. There’s silence. Then more silence. Then it becomes an awkward silence. Eventually the professor moves on, but it’ll happen again.

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The Baylor Lariat sports desk looks at the upcoming Super Bowl and recaps Baylor men’s basketball’s key win over then-No. 19 Oklahoma. The women maintained their grip on the Big 12 and Josh Gordon once again is in trouble with the NFL. Follow us on Twitter @ShehanJeyarajah @BUCodySoto @JeffreySwindoll @BULariatSports

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The Obama administration floated a plan Tuesday that for the first time would open up a broad swath of the Atlantic Coast to drilling, even as it moved to restrict drilling indefinitely in environmentally-sensitive areas off Alaska.

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A Texas judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power case against former Gov. Rick Perry on constitutional grounds, ruling that criminal charges against the possible 2016 presidential candidate should stand.

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