Author: Baylor Lariat

Today’s Baylor Symphony Orchestra concert will shine the spotlight on one of the School of Music’s outstanding student musicians.

Ricardo Hamaury Gómez, winner of the 2012 Baylor Concerto Competition, will perform Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2 today at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

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Uproar Concert Promotions, an organization that is branching off of student-run record company Uproar Records, is launching its first show this week.

The Rocket Summer, a one-man band started by Bryce Avary, will perform in Waco Hall this Thursday, with both David Dulcie and Layne Lynch opening. Lynch shares an interesting connection with Avary.

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Baylor’s Model Organization of American States teams Chile and Guatemala won several delegate-voted and judge-voted awards as part of the Ambassador Eugene Scassa Model Organization of American States competition.

The competition took place Friday and Saturday. The awards ceremony was held at a dinner Saturday night.

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Break the silence by not saying anything at all.

At least, while you’re on stage.

The university chapter of Alpha Chi Omega and the department of multicultural affairs will host a lip-syncing contest titled “Break the Silence.” The event will take place at 7 p.m. today in the Bill Daniel Student Center bowl. The event was created in order to raise money for the Waco Family Abuse Center, an organization designed to eliminate domestic violence in McLennan County and surrounding areas. Although there is no charge for admission, donations are welcome.

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By Reubin Turner Staff Writer Baylor’s Student Government Association will host its annual Thanksgiving on the Grounds from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Burleson Quadrangle. The event will include food, Uproar music and opportunities to learn about service projects within the Waco community. Judge Ken Starr, president of the university, will also be in attendance. “This is a wonderful opportunity for us to gather together as a campus community, to enjoy good food, music and fellowship and learn how together we can serve our local community and around the world,” Lori Folgeman, director of media communications said. Baylor…

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No. 12 Oklahoma defeated Baylor 42-34 today in Norman.

Baylor won the turnover battle, forcing two and committing none, but couldn’t win the game.

Senior quarterback Nick Florence recorded 12-of-33 for 172 yards.

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Join the Honors College and dean Betsy Vardaman for this week’s Popcorn & Culture event from 3 to 4 p.m. today in Poage Library. Vardaman will discuss issues related to etiquette in the United States. International students are encouraged to attend and share how their cultures handle manners. This event is free and open to all students.

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Most undergraduates are more concerned with finding a job than preparing for retirement. However, Dr. William Reichenstein, the Pat and Thomas R. Powers Chair professor in Investment Management and co-founder of Social Security Solutions, said students should start preparing with their first job out of college.

Social Security Solutions is a Leawood, Kan., financial-planning firm. Reichenstein created a calculator with William Meyer.

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The Waco City Council and the Waco Humane Society hope details surrounding a proposed deal between the two will be decided by Dec. 1.

The proposal, which was passed at a Waco City Council meeting Tuesday, would allow the city to take over operations of the shelter next month and allow the Humane Society to staff the front office and continue offering animal adoptions.

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Once again Baylor students are stepping up to help the community.

On Saturday, Baylor students will head to various locations in Waco to volunteer for Steppin’ Out, a biannual day of service in its 27th year in which Baylor students serve the surrounding community.

More than 2,750 students from 102 student organizations will help at more than 55 sites across the Waco area.

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Gabrielle Giffords limped to the front of the courtroom and stared silently Thursday as she came face-to-face for the first time with the man who tried to kill her.

The former congresswoman hadn’t been near Jared Lee Loughner since the deadly rampage outside a meet-and-greet at a supermarket that killed six people and left her partially blind, with a paralyzed right arm and brain injury.

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With a national championship last season, the No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears take the hardwood at noon today, defending both their title and the basket.
“They got everybody’s best shot last year because they were No. 1, and they were undefeated,” head coach Kim Mulkey said. “But now they’re going to get everyone’s best shot because they’re the defending national champions.”

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The Baylor Bears are 0-26 all time on the road against top 25 opponents in the Big 12. This does not bode well for them in their trip to Norman to take on the No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners. The Bears, 4-4 (1-4), won a conference game last week over the Kansas Jayhawks 41-14. This week presents a much tougher task because the Bears will be on the road to face the 6-2 (4-1) Sooners.

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It’s been five years since Kristen Stewart was plucked from supporting player/indie-film obscurity and thrust into the spotlight as the female face of the “Twilight” franchise. Five years and five films will have passed, as Stewart grew from someone the New York Times labeled “a sylph with a watchful, sometimes wary gaze” into the 22-year-old named by Forbes as “the highest-paid actress in Hollywood” — earning some $34.5 million, according to estimates.

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Graduates of the Baylor School of Law won top honors for the percentage of first-time test-takers that passed the bar exam this past July. The law school reports that 92.59 percent of law graduates passed the July exam after their first attempt to take the test. The results were released Nov. 1.

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Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC and Veterans of Baylor will host a Veterans Day vigil at 11:30 a.m. today on Fountain Mall.

The ceremony will begin with an address from former United States Army veteran Dr. Curt Nichols, who is a West Point graduate and a political science professor at Baylor. The ceremony will continue with a presentation of the colors and flag-folding ceremony. “We want people to realize Veterans Day still happens every year, and understand that we have lost 2 million soldiers since 1917, which most people don’t realize,” Sherman senior Rachael Harrelson said. “Currently there are 430,000 in service members.” Harrelson served in the Navy for eight years.

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We’ve got dolls that wet, crawl and talk. We’ve got dolls with perfect hourglass figures. We’ve got dolls with swagger. And we’ve got plenty that come with itty bitty baby bottles.

But it’s a breast-feeding doll whose suckling sounds are prompted by sensors sewn into a halter top at the nipples of little girls that caught some flak after hitting the U.S. market.

“I just want the kids to be kids,” Bill O’Reilly said on his Fox News show when he learned of the Breast Milk Baby. “And this kind of stuff. We don’t need this.”

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