Author: Baylor Lariat
By Rolando Rodriguez Soto, Reporter The Methodist Children’s Home of Waco is celebrating their 125th anniversary with special events featuring Chip and Joanna Gaines from the HGTV show “Fixer Upper.” The celebration begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Methodist Children’s Home campus at 1111 Herring Ave. To kick off the event, the Gaines will end with hosting an exclusive Q&A on campus where fans can meet them, ask questions and have a photo opportunity. Afterward, the Methodist home will be hosting a picnic style luncheon featuring the Gaines and other special guests. The evening will be a campus…
By Emma King, Staff Writer Starting this semester, Baylor Parking Services moved from print tickets to an email-delivery system for parking citations. Despite being a month in, the system is still a work in progress. Matt Penney, Baylor’s director of parking and transportation services, said the parking services’ new system is still in its beginning stages. He said the software helps manage the issuing of permits and citations and appeals for citations. “The emailing portion isn’t that much different,” Penney said. “We used to walk around and print something out and put it on the windshield. We saw advantages to…
By Jillian Anderson, Reporter One time, I was talking to a friend who told me he sometimes forgets I’m black. I said thank you, but I had a nagging feeling in my stomach. “How could you forget I’m black?” Never once have I referred to this friend as a racist person, but I couldn’t deny the sting of being stripped of my identity. Race in America is an issue, whether you think it is or not. Much of the spotlight of the American race issue is on the interactions of African-Americans and Caucasians. I shouldn’t have to recount the deadly…
Last Thursday, tragedy struck at a small Oregon college when Chris Harper-Mercer opened fire on Umpqua Community College campus and killed nine students while wounding 20. The shooter committed suicide moments after exchanging gunfire with officers. As with every school shooting, President Barack Obama delivered grave remarks to express his sincere regret and, this time, tireless frustration. What began as a time for him to show sympathy to the victims’ families turned into a vent session about the little effort put into preventing another shooting. “Somehow this has become routine,” he said. “The reporting is routine. My response here at…
By Trey Gregory, Assistant City Editor Every year there’s a lot made about the famed freshman 15. Jokes inevitably make their way onto Tosh.0, and there’s bound to be some tired story or column written about it in the Lariat every year. Not me, though; I’m here to talk about something much more highbrow. I am a nontraditional student; I worked for a couple years out of high school then joined the military for slightly over seven years. Now I am a young 29-year-old student. Maybe it was my nontraditional status, but I managed to keep the freshman 15 at…
Heads up: We have a new “most hated man in America.” Martin Shkreli, 32-year-old CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, bought the rights to a decades-old drug and last week spiked the price per pill 5,000 percent. Daraprim is a drug used by many AIDS and cancer patients to treat life-threatening parasitic infections, according to CNN Money. When Shkreli bought the rights, the drug had been on the market for $13.50 per pill. Now at $750 per pill, many who rely on the drug for immune system-upkeep must pay the insane price or go without. Before considering all sides of the situation,…
By Rae Jefferson, Copy Desk Chief Since starting college, I’ve gone back and forth with whether or not I define myself as a feminist. I’ve decided I do. One of the decisive factors for me was the push of feminist groups to talk about the overwhelming physical and sexual violences against women that occur across the world. Closely tied to this is male sexual entitlement, or the idea that mass media and a male-dominated society teach men they deserve sex from women, particularly if they do or say the right things. Although it’s horrible, I find conversations about male sexual…
Since the early days of “The Ed Sullivan Show,” late night talk shows have been an important part of the American household and have evolved into a subculture in themselves. Now, millions of viewers gather each night to watch which celebrity Jimmy Fallon will challenge to a Lip Sync Battle or what crazy new impersonation Conan O’Brien has up his sleeve. However, the prestige of late night comedy has recently been under scrutiny. In its October issue, Vanity Fair published a spread idolizing the current lineup of late night talk show hosts, who the magazine credits for making the genre…
The hashtag #IStandWithAhmed took over social media last week after an incident at a Metroplex high school made national attention. Irving teenager Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was escorted out of his high school in handcuffs after bringing a clock he had made to school. The Irving Police Department pursued charges to Mohamed — a lifelong American — of bringing a hoax bomb to school, despite acknowledging that he never represented it as a bomb. The specific statute, contained with Section 46.08 of the Texas penal code, reads as follows: “A person commits an offense if the person knowingly manufactures, sells, purchases,…
By Helena Hunt, Staff Writer Sunday was my birthday (and no, despite my manifest vanity, this isn’t a plea for more Facebook well-wishing). I used to look forward to birthdays, counting down the days and weeks to Sept. 20 — usually starting around July 3 each year. When I had to do 200 math problems for homework in the third grade, I reassured myself that each equation brought me closer to that blessed day. I could only endure trips to the grocery store with my mom by lingering in the bakery section, flipping eagerly through the laminated book of Sesame…
By Haley Morrison, Reporter For anyone starting the research process, the university libraries offer plenty of research resources, such as planning or citation tools, and many online databases. Library resources include databases, and tools such as the research paper planner and Zotero. Zotero is an online tool that helps students bookmark sources, gives citations and more. The research paper planner gives students a timeline for working on papers, which is helpful to students who are prone to procrastination. Liaison librarian Eileen Bentsen recommends using the library’s databases and the research paper planner, all of which can be used to combat…
By Emma King, Staff Writer During the first week of classes, Huntsville freshman Taylor Ernst saw one of his classmates, Houston freshman Tony Zhang, drenched in sweat and struggling in the heat on his way to class. Zhang has cerebral palsy, and according to his new friend Ernst, it takes Tony 45 minutes to an hour and a half to get to his classes with his walker. Ernst said Zhang even has to skip meals sometimes in order to get to class. When Ernst saw him walking that day, he said he insisted that Zhang wait where he was while…
By Rachel Leland, Reporter Baylor’s chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry gathered 150 pounds of trash and over 1000 pieces of Styrofoam from Waco Creek near the Baylor Science Building, this weekend. The event was organized by Orlando graduate student Bekah Burket as a part of the International Coastal Cleanup, an annual event sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy. During the International Costal Cleanup, volunteers are asked to clean up trash from marine bodies around the world. Last year, 560,000 volunteers from 91 countries participated in picking up more than 16 million pounds of trash. Burket said the…
By Helena Hunt, Staff Writer Today’s 10 for $10: Women on America’s Currency panel discussion, convened by the history and gender studies departments, will allow 10 Baylor professors to defend their choices for the new female face of the $10 bill. In July, the United States Treasury Department announced that, for the first time, a woman’s face would be printed on the $10 bill. The Treasury Department invited the public’s input on which woman should be chosen. Since July, that conversation has included presidential nominees, social media users, and a Baylor history professor, Dr. Kimberly Kellison. Kellison was asked by…
