By Shehan Jeyarajah Sports Editor No. 10 Baylor football leads Northwestern State 49-3 at the half at McLane Stadium in Waco. In only one half of work, the Bears accumulated 538 yards of offense compared to Northwestern State’s 138 yards. Quarterback Seth Russell set a Baylor record with 438 yards passing in the first half to go along with five touchdowns on 16-for-25 efficiency. Freshman wide receiver KD Cannon exploded for 223 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. His three touchdowns tied a Baylor record for receiving touchdowns in a game. Freshman running back Johnny Jefferson has added…
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By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer Senior night came with plenty of goals for Baylor Soccer as the Bears trounced the University of Incarnate Word 5-0 at Betty Lou Mays Field Friday night. The fun started early for Baylor as senior midfielder Justine Hovden placed her corner kick pass on the head of senior forward Alexa Wilde to score in the second minute of the match. The senior-to-senior connection allowed the Bears to play the early part of the match already with extra boost in morale. “Honestly, we looked at this game as a redemption game against Utah Valley,” senior forward…
By Cody Soto Sports Writer No. 4 Oklahoma (1-0) at Tulsa (1-0) After winning 48-16 win against Louisiana Tech last week, No. 4 Oklahoma (1-0) looks to continue its winning ways as they travel to Louisiana to face Tulsa at Chapman Stadium on Saturday. In Saturday’s win, the Sooners scored on their first four possessions in their home stadium. Quarterback Trevor Knight threw for 252 yards and one touchdown. Running back Keith Ford added 117 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns. They will face Tulsa (1-0) who is coming off of a 38-31 double overtime win over Tulane. Quarterback Dane…
Baylor volleyball suffered a 3-0 sweep to Wichita State in San Marcos on Thursday evening.
Baylor took a 4-set win over Texas State at Strahan Coliseum in San Marcos Wednesday night. The Bears had dropped a 4-set thriller last year to the Bobcats.
Baylor volleyball took a 4-set win over Rice Tuesday night at the Ferrell Center after dropping a 3-set loss to Portland Saturday.
By Shehan Jeyarajah Sports Editor Baylor soccer freshman Precious Akanyrige was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for her performance for the week of Aug. 25. The Bears played Utah Valley and Brigham Young over that stretch. Akanyrige took only one shot over the week, but the goal proved to be the game-winner as Baylor soccer upset No. 23 BYU in Provo, Utah. The freshman has started three games this season and contributed five shots and two on goal. Sophomore midfield Ashley York was the last Bear to win the award during the week of Aug. 27, 2013. Baylor soccer…
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer Baylor soccer capped off their weekend in Utah with a huge 2-1 win over No. 23 Brigham Young University. In front of 4,500 fans in Provo, Utah, Baylor stunned BYU with a goal just moments before the halftime whistle thanks to senior forward Justine Hovden’s strike in the 44th minute. Baylor took advantage of its chances, putting all five of its shots on goal. The Lady Bears exited halftime with eagerness to pressure BYU, even with the one goal in hand. It paid off again for Baylor with another big goal to widen the gap…
Baylor has always been known for its offense; the Bears have finished in the top three in total offense each of the past three seasons. However in the season opener, Baylor relied on its defense to get the job done.
Baylor leads SMU 31-0 after the first half in the 2014 season opener at McLane Stadium. Before a sold-out crowd, the Bears headed into the locker room with 244 total yards compared to the Mustangs’ 39 yards.
Caffeine addicts and music junkies who have developed a love for all things Common Grounds will be pleased to know the coffee shop has found new roots on the other side of the highway. The quintessentially hipster chain is jumping on the food truck bandwagon with a trailer unit called the CG Container stationed at 6th Street and Franklin.
Baylor basketball has pulled a miraculous turnaround after looking dead in the water only a few short weeks ago.
The Bears are now winners of four straight with only four games left to go in the season.
Winter inevitably brings with it the possibility of physical dangers due to weather, such as those related to perilous roads and bridges as seen around the nation within the past months, especially on the East coast. However, the mental dangers prevalent in the winter months should not be taken lightly.
The Baylor women’s tennis team came out and battled against windy conditions to take down No. 48 Pepperdine. The win put an end to the Lady Bears’ five-game losing streak and was a much-needed boost of confidence for the team.
Baylor Softball beat Pacific 3-0 to win the Miken Classic. The Lady Bears went 5-0 in the tournament, but despite a weekend with offensive woes, Baylor got aggressive scoring 32 runs and giving up 3 in the Miken Classic.
The game was scoreless in the first inning when senior centerfielder Kathy Shelton tried to steal second, but the catcher saw it and threw it to second right before Shelton slid. Shelton is 86–of–93 in her career, making this the seventh time in her career that she got an out while stealing a base.
The Baylor Bears went into Manhattan, Kan. prepared to take on the No. 10 team in the country, the Kansas State Wildcats. The Wildcats proved that they were worthy of their lofty ranking as they controlled the game and ended up winning 81-61 in front of a raucous crowd in Fred Bramlage Coliseum.
The 18th-ranked Baylor men’s tennis team defeated Texas-Pan American and UT Arlington 7-0 in a doubleheader Saturday.
“In terms of our energy, our focus level, our execution, I think all those things are way better than they’ve been,” said head coach Matt Knoll. “I’m really optimistic about what’s coming up next.”
The Baylor softball team won both games of its doubleheader Saturday to move to 9-2 on the season and 4-0 in the Miken Classic.
The Lady Bears won the first game of the doubleheader 4-1 over the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders. Freshman right-handed pitcher Heather Stearns got the start and pitched five scoreless innings. She recorded seven strikeouts in the process.
The Lady Bears kicked off the Miken Classic with two big wins.
Head Coach Glenn Moore was upset in recent games despite their wins because the team’s offense wasn’t producing any runs. He challenged the team to be more aggressive, and it produced 26 hits and 18 runs in both games combined.
“I saw very confident hitters and you know, I thought we hit some pitchers pitches in situations that were in favor of the pitcher and we swung the bat well,” Moore said.
Baylor University’s School of Music will be hosting its 19th Annual Midwinter Organ Conference which started Thursday and ends Saturday at various locations throughout Baylor campus.
The conference, which chooses to focus on the younger generation of organists, will feature many new rising stars in the organ community like Stephen Buzard and David Baskyfield, who are both award winning, young organists.
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There’s a trick to making it to Pigskin Revue, and no, it’s not bribing the Sing judges.
When asked about the secret to making Pigskin, Cheryl Mathis, assistant director of Campus Programs, said that there is no one special formula for success.
Dell’s fiscal fourth-quarter report is expected to show why the struggling personal computer maker wants to end its 25-year history as a public company.
Doing is everyone what to conform to tendency the have people.
The sentence above breaks a social norm by being written in reverse.
According to a study by Dr. Kyle Irwin, assistant professor in the department of sociology, and Dr. Christine Horne, associate professor at Washington State University, people tend to look unfavorably upon and even socially punish people who break social norms even if they are benefiting society overall.
Moody Memorial Library is now the first of any facility on campus to have private rooms for breast-feeding.
The two rooms on the second floor of the library include a chair, side table, lamp, changing table, clock, trash can and an electrical outlet, according to the Baylor Central Libraries website.The keys to each room are available to be checked out at the main circulation desk and require a Baylor I.D. card. There is no time restriction for the rooms’ usage.
If you have ever passed by Common Grounds, odds are that you have heard Savion Wright singing. Wright, a junior from Jasper, is a multi-talented musician and singer who said he has always had music in his life.
“Music is a big part of my family,” Wright said. “All of my brothers and sisters sing and play at least one instrument. I kind of had to outdo them all and play every instrument that they played plus one more.”
Nothing consumes and defines Baylor life in the spring semester so much as All-University Sing, a marathon of Broadway-style shows put on by Sing Alliance, Baylor Chamber of Commerce and various Greek organizations every year in front of family and alumni from all over the country as part of a 61-year tradition.
When the curtain rises, all the audience sees is the glare of stage lights against dramatic make-up, flashy costumes and newly painted props. This year, 18 acts are performing, including paired acts and Sing Alliance, which consists of students who are not involved in Greek organizations but still want to participate.
I’ve seen a lot of Sing acts — 6 or 7 years’ worth of them to be precise. I have a very strong idea about what makes a “good” Sing act. I look at song choice, creativity, story, execution and, to an extent, cleverness. I appreciate novelty and new-ness, as well as risk-taking. I’m going to try to reward acts when they are good, but I’m not going to hesitate to criticize them when they miss opportunities (or notes during a solo). This year, we will be working on a 5-point-scale. A 5 is near perfection and a 1 is barely showing up. Since Chamber is actually competing this year, no zeroes will be given.
The Baylor Bears basketball team is right in the midst of contending for a possible Big 12 championship.
The Bears will take on No. 10 Kansas State Wildcats in hostile Fred Bramlage Coliseum at 6 p.m. Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.
This is arguably the most important game of the regular season for the Bears.
