Lt. Gen. Derald Lary, previously the inspector general of the U.S. Air Force and a 1954 Baylor graduate, will speak to students in the AFROTC Leadership Lab at 5:15 p.m. today. Lary, who retired from the Air Force in 1989, was commissioned from one of the earliest classes in Baylor’s AFROTC history.
Author: Baylor Lariat
Take a look at 300 visuals representing global poverty in the interactive photography exhibit “Enkya|Tomorrow” from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Thursday at the Bobo Spiritual Life Center.
President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night despite a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney, prevailing in the face of a weak economy and high unemployment that encumbered his first term and crimped the middle class dreams of millions.
Texas overwhelmingly elected tea party-backed Republican Ted Cruz to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, completing the former state solicitor general’s once seemingly impossible rise from virtual unknown to the first Hispanic to represent the Lone Star State in the Senate.
At Baylor, the fall signals the clashing of helmets on the gridiron, cooler weather and for ProSales students, the launch of sales competition season.
Dear Baylor student at the homecoming pep rally:
First of all, I applaud you for wearing your Baylor Line jersey and for showing Baylor spirit.
I feel it important that, despite our losing record, the fans still exhibit pride for the university. However, there were two things that I did not approve of and, frankly, found inappropriate for a pep rally.
Well, I sure got that one wrong.
Four years ago, on the eve of the last presidential election, I wrote in this space of how the country has spent much of the last three decades “re-litigating” the 1960s, arguing over the changes wrought in that decade.
On Nov. 4, 2008, the United States elected its first African -American president, Barack Obama.
Tuesday, after a tight race against Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, Obama was reelected to a second term as commander in chief.
Here are the winners:
U.S. Senator,
REP Ted Cruz 63.70%
DEM Paul Sadler 33.97%
The Oval Office is deserving of someone who never blinks in the face of adversity.
The president of the United States has to be someone who has overcome obstacles, never settled for failure, and someone who can be relied upon when the going gets tough.
I submit that of all the professional athletes out there, Manning would be the one best suited to take the office of the president of the United States.
Peyton’s work ethic is legendary.
President Barack Obama was projected the winner of the presidential race over Mitt Romney on Tuesday night.
Country singer Sammy Kershaw is thankful to be alive after his tour bus was struck by another vehicle.
It happened Friday in Nocona, Texas. The impact caused major damage to the bus, and the car was totaled.
Sure, Carrie Underwood might have lost out to brassy spitfire Miranda Lambert at the 46th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville last week. But the host – who pulled off the duty for a fifth time with fellow country star Brad Paisley – is reveling in all the attention the genre is currently getting.
By Curtis Schroeder Guest contributor At Baylor University, the fall signals the clashing of helmets on the gridiron, cooler weather in the air and for ProSales students, the launch of sales competition season. Casual observers may not understand why Baylor’s Professional Sales majors travel to seven universities across the country each year to engage in these competitions. It is this out-of-class learning that is the life-blood of the ProSales major and what equips students with the skills and experience to become successful salespeople as they enter the workforce. “Sales competitions are a foundational element of our students’ college-to-career transition,” said…
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The Delta Epsilon Psi 6th annual Who’s Got Game Tournament registration deadline has been extended to Wednesday. The tournament will be held from Friday to Sunday.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Fall Bake Sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Wednesday outside of the SUB. Cash or credit card will be accepted.
Secure your spot in the yearbook by taking your portrait between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. today through Friday in the CUB of SUB.
Don’t miss Delta Delta Delta and Alpa Tau Omega’s Spaghetti Not So Formal at from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center. The event, which costs $5 in advance and $7 at the door, will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
As of today, it has been 72 days since the No. 14 Baylor women’s soccer team has lost a game. The most recent victory was the 4-1 win over the TCU Horned Frogs in which they clenched the Big 12 Championship.
A caped figure captured on surveillance video came running out of the darkness to the edge of a remote Army outpost in southern Afghanistan. Blood was smeared on his face, prosecutors said, and soaked into his clothes.
The Spiritual Life department will hold two prayer services this week in the Foyer of Meditation in the Armstrong Browning Library in addition to a prayer service which took place Monday.
Beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday, students will have the opportunity to rest, worship and pray at this free event designed for young adults. The events are facilitated by Brother Emmanuel of the Taize community.
The Baylor Board of Regents added two new doctoral programs to the university’s School of Music and a joint master’s degree in divinity and business administration on Saturday at the board’s annual Homecoming meeting.
The Baylor football team put together a complete effort and dominated Kansas in a 41-14 victory on Saturday. The win marked Baylor’s first Big 12 victory this season.
“Getting a ‘W’ finally was a big deal,” senior quarterback Nick Florence said. “I just think we needed to get the ball rolling. We need some more confidence, and this is a big confidence-booster. We know we are a good team and finally we showed it on the field. We played a complete game with no turnovers, the defense got turnovers, they didn’t give up any points in the second half. We won special teams. If we can win all three sides of the ball, we can win any game we play.”
It was a rough start, but the No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears defeated Tarleton State in their final exhibition game 92-49.
“I want to thank Coach[Ronnie] Hearne,” Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey said. “He’s a trooper. He was gracious enough to come play. I thought his team played hard. If you would have asked me, I would have asked them to turn the scoreboard off.”
Baylor volleyball defeated No. 20 Kansas 3-1 (25-10, 27-25, 24-26, 25-23) on Saturday. The Bears started the match with immense intensity and jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Baylor never looked back and won the first set 25-10.
The Waco Symphony Orchestra’s “A Salute to Sgt. Pepper!” concert on Thursday night is sure to be nostalgic for some and perhaps novel for others.
The concert will commemorate the 45th anniversary of The Beatles’ eighth studio album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” which was released on June 1, 1967.
Rolling Stone magazine ranks the album No. 1 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list, saying, “‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ is the most important rock and roll album ever made…by the greatest rock and roll group of all time.”
