Every February, people from all across the country gather in their living rooms to watch the Super Bowl, the emblem of American sports.
The Super Bowl is a meeting between the top teams of both the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference, but as far as entertainment values go, it isn’t all about the game.
Slow down there, partner!
To say these words to a NASCAR racer would seem a tad inappropriate, but to say these same words to drivers in the parking garages would be too tame.
There were 2,892 science majors in 2011 according to Baylor Institutional Research and Testing.
That’s about a fourth of Baylor’s 2011 total undergraduate enrollment of 12,754. That number does not include graduate students and faculty members with offices in the Baylor Sciences Building who might spend more time there than undergraduate students with classes there. That number also doesn’t include students from other majors that take classes in the BSB.
Pre-register for the National Eating Disorder Awareness Walk sponsored by the Baylor Counseling Center. The event will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 28 in Fountain Mall. Visit nationaleatingdisorders.org to register. The cost is $15 for students and $25 for everyone else.
Find out how to enrich your Baylor academic experience by taking the MAP-Works Spring Transition Survey through Blackboard. The survey is open to all freshmen and transfer students who began at Baylor in the fall. It is available online until Feb. 22.
The Baylor Alumni Association has confirmed that it plans to give a $1 million gift to Baylor University, the largest in BAA’s history.
On Jan. 26th, the vote came from the strategic planning committee that all funds had been finalized and that the BAA was to give the $1 million gift.
It wasn’t until Jeff Kilgore, vice president and CEO of the Baylor Alumni Association, made a call to the Waco Tribune – Herald on Friday that the committee’s decision went public.
A sociology professor from Baylor and his colleague from the University of Texas in San Antonio have found that children whose parents were both religious at the time of divorce were more likely to move away from organized religion if the parent with custody did not remarry.
Baylor’s Dr. Jeremy Uecker and Dr. Christopher Ellison of UT- San Antonio argue against previous studies which state that children of single parents are more likely to move away from religion than those with two parents, or that the effect of divorce on religious affiliation is overstated.
Another low-cost grocery store has arrived in Waco, and it’s not Walmart or H.E.B.
Aldi, a German discount grocery store, will be open for business Feb. 28 on the corner of Wooded Acres and Valley Mills drives.
According to their website, Aldi opened its first store in Germany in 1913 and came to the U.S. in 1976.
South Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills Monday in a show of force partly directed at North Korea amid signs that Pyongyang will soon follow through on a threat to conduct its third atomic test.
The region has also seen a boost in diplomatic activity since last month, when North Korea announced it would conduct a nuclear test to protest U.N. Security Council sanctions toughened after a satellite launch in December that the U.S. and others say was a disguised test of banned missile technology.
The system Texas uses to fund public schools violates the state’s constitution by not providing enough money to school districts and failing to distribute the money in a fair way, a judge ruled Monday in a landmark decision that could force the Legislature to overhaul the way it pays for education.
Last year, the Baltimore Ravens lost a gut-wrenching match against the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship after wide receiver Lee Evans dropped a sure touchdown and kicker Billy Cundiff missed a chip-shot field goal. Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis went on to give a passionate post game speech.
Nowadays, no matter what the sport is, you almost have to assume that most athletes are taking some form of performance-enhancing drugs.
It seems as if every other week a different athlete’s name is scrolling across the bottom of ESPN for having been caught using PEDs. Over the past few years, many iconic names have been linked to steroids, most notably Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds.
IPads have become very popular for taking notes during lectures. I use my iPad in the majority of my classes, especially in the ones that don’t involve computers. I could probably get away with carrying only my iPad to class, and I have no doubt that’s probably the case for the majority of other iPad and tablet users.
Few lips in 2013 have been as scrutinized as Beyonce Knowles’. On Sunday evening during the Super Bowl halftime show, while the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers were recovering from an hour of head-bashing action, Knowles’ lips and the ringing, pitch-perfect voice behind them were the focus of a national drama that had unfolded in the weeks prior.
There’s a new group in town among the many vocal ensembles here at Baylor. They’re called VirtuOso and it looks like they’re here to stay.
The group was first started by Dr. Aaron Hufty, lecturer of music, in the fall 2012 semester. Hufty also directs the Baylor Women’s Choir and teaches Choral Conducting, Applied Conducting and Introduction to Music as well as VirtuOso.
The Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range had to be shocked with a stun gun and restrained in his jail cell overnight after becoming aggressive, a sheriff said Monday.
Wartime is known not only for the death of men and women, but for the death of morals.
Dr. Alan Jacobs, the Clyde S. Kilby Chair Professor of English at Wheaton College, believes he might have a remedy.
Baylor students have an opportunity for insight into the halls of national power.
On Thursday, former Texas congressman Chet Edwards returns to Baylor’s campus to give his lecture “The U.S Government From an International Perspective.”
Edwards will discuss his political history and his philosophy of politics.
Fishing was more than just casting a line into a pool of fish at the Heart of Texas Fairground on Saturday.
The 26th Annual Fishing Event for Very Special People took place with the help of organizations from across the Waco community. It meant a day of fun for the intellectually and developmentally disabled of all ages.
In a controversial Newsweek editorial in 2009, Jon Meacham predicted the “End of Christian America.” Citing a 10 percentage point drop in the number of self-identified Christians, Meacham applied the term “post-Christian” to an American society in which Christianity is continuing to lose influence.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited for East Village to open up in the fall.
Although I’m not going to be living there, I think East Village great for science students who live on campus because it will allow them to stay in relatively nice on-campus housing that’s close to the BSB, were they will be spending most of their time.
Brittney Griner might go down as the best women’s basketball player of all time.
Her incredible combination of size and skill have made her the most recognizable face in women’s college basketball. This will soon be the case when she enters the WNBA Draft. She will probably be the WNBA’s Michael Jordan. Or, rather, its Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The Baylor Bears fell to the Iowa State Cyclones 79-71 Saturday night in Ames, Iowa. With the loss, Baylor falls to 5-3 in the Big 12 and now has a two-game losing streak. Iowa State has won its eleventh straight conference game at home in James H. Hilton Coliseum.
Baylor recorded its 13th straight 20-win season as senior center Brittney Griner had another double-double, with 30 points, 10 rebounds, a career high seven assists and three blocks to help the No. 1 Lady Bears defeat No. 19 Oklahoma State 81-62.
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Learn to impress potential employers before ever shaking their hand by creating a flawless resume. Join John Cunningham, a senior lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences, from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday in C105 Baylor Sciences Building for a resume writing workshop. There will be pizza and giveaways. RSVP in your Hire A Bear account.
