The No. 25 Baylor women’s soccer team will open conference play tonight in Norman, Okla. as it takes on the Oklahoma Sooners.
The Bears are 8-1-1 on the season, which is the second-best start in program history.
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The Baylor equestrian team opens its 2012-2013 season today by hosting the fifth annual Willis Invitational at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.
The tournament, which will run through Saturday, will showcase talent from Miami State, Ohio State, New Mexico State and Delaware State as well as Baylor.
Baylor hits the road for a Friday night nationally televised game versus ULM on ESPN. Baylor is 2-0 after coming off an ugly win against Sam Houston State. This looks to be a tough game, and Baylor fans ought to be slightly nervous since this is the Bears ‘first road game of the season.
It’s not Narnia, but C.S. Lewis is involved.
Dr. C. Stephen Evans, professor of philosophy and humanities, was awarded during the fall the C.S. Lewis Book Prize for his book “Natural Signs and the Knowledge of God: A New Look At Theistic Arguments.”
The C.S. Lewis Book Prize is a $15,000 award from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minn., give to the best recent book in religious philosophy written for a general audience.
Dr. Michael Rota, project director of the St. Thomas Philosophy of Religion project, wrote in an email to the Lariat, that Evans’ book along with 23 other books were nominated by publishers.
An ex-con who confessed to killing five people at a Dallas-area car wash a week after he was fired from his job there 12 years ago was executed Thursday evening.
Robert Wayne Harris, 40, received lethal injection less than two hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused appeals to halt his punishment.
Harris expressed love to his brother and three friends who were watching through a window.
By Maegan Rocio Staff Writer Donating blood: It will help more than it will hurt. Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, will partner with Carter BloodCare to host its semi-annual blood drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day starting Oct. 1 – 5. There will be a total of four donation vans on campus. Two donation vans will be parked in front of Fountain Mall and two more vans will be parked at the Bobo Spirtual Life Center. Jessica Gonzales, one of the blood drive’s co-chairs, said, “I really enjoy the fact that we come together as…
Donna LoSasso, assistant professor at Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing, was elected this summer as a national council member for the National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. She will assume her two-year position this October.
As you may have heard, the Baylor and TCU’s student governments have agreed to come up with a name for the football rivalry.
As I sat at my computer at the Lariat sports desk, I came up with a name of my own: The Trust Fund Tussle.
There’s an old joke that goes – Jews don’t recognize Jesus as the Messiah, Protestants don’t recognize the Pope as head of the church, and Baptists don’t recognize each other in the liquor store.
As funny and exaggerated as that last line is, it does hold an element of truth. In many areas of the Protestant faith, not only Baptist, there is a sort of “see no evil” mentality. A preacher can drink a beer after the ball game on Saturday as long as he serves grape juice for communion on Sunday.
By Holly Renner Reporter It’s time for families with special needs children to band together once again. The Children’s Special Needs Network, a nonprofit organization located in Belton, is hosting its 20th Annual InKidable Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Early registration for the conference ends today. Those who do not make the deadline may also register from 8 to 9 a.m. at the door the day of the conference. The network aids families and professionals by providing services for children in Central Texas who are diagnosed with physical or…
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Meet with Dr. Eric Youngstrom from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow in Miller Chapel in Tidwell Bible Building to explore the controversial topic of Bipolar disorder, specifically in youths.
Join the Baylor School of Music to enjoy the stylings of Grammy Award-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler at 7:30 p.m. today in Roxy Grove Hall.
Today, the W. R. Poage Legislative Library’s opens it’s new fall 2012 exhibit entitled “Race for the White House” which displays items from nearly all of them .
The reception will begin at 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Farmers Branch, a Dallas suburb, asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to uphold an ordinance that would ban illegal immigrants from renting homes in the town.
The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to rehear the case after a three-judge panel from the court ruled in march that Farmers Branch’s ordinance is unconstitutional and impermissibly interferes with the federal immigration system.
Cutting down on chemical use in dining halls is a goal Baylor dining services aims to accomplish over the next few weeks.
Brett Perlowski, director of dining services, said the dining services staff will use a new machine called the Orbio 5000-SC for water used to clean floors, carpets and tables.
Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don’t believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently.
LSU police captain Corey Lalonde said officers arrested William Bouvay Jr., 42, of Baton Rouge late Tuesday night after an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies.
Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic?
Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married.
And experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragment’s anonymous owner, noting that the document’s value has likely increased amid the publicity of the still-unproven find.
In all, the survey had 25 responses by the time of publication. All of these identified as students, staff or alumni. Forty percent were dog lovers, 25 percent cat lovers.
Forty percent of people who responded to the survey had ever adopted a pet from the humane society. Of them 17.4 percent had either good or very good experiences with adopting pets from there and 4.3 percent said it was average or poor.
juniors and seniors for you young whippersnappers — deserve to “live the good life” while ending their careers here at the good ol’ Baylor U.
In order to truly embrace the ignorant saying, “YOLO,” upperclassmen must be able to do as they please without the burdens of Baylor and its financial requirements.
Thankfully, a new wave of freshmen has come in to fill the void and care for them in their dotage.
By Lindsey Miner Sports Reporter The Baylor men’s tennis team will play nine opponents ranked in the top 25 of last season’s final Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll. The Bears finished up the 2011-2012 season No. 18 nationally, according to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Rankings. “Ranking No. 18 isn’t our goal,” sophomore Mate Zsiga said. “We are a top 10 team. We want to finish in the top 10 this season, and we are absolutely able to do that. All these guys are great players.” Zsiga is No. 7 nationally, and fellow sophomore Diego Galeano is No. 110.…
Defense wins championships. The cliché has been around awhile.
It’s what coaches tell their players from the days of halftime snacks all the way up to the professional level.
NCAA.com ranks the Baylor women’s soccer team No. 25 in the country, and defense has been one of the keys to its success.
Rocky Bridges has worn a lot of hats, including marketer, assignment manager and photojournalist. Altogether, Bridges has more than 20 years of experience in the television news industry.
And right now, the industry is changing.
The alphabet soup of Greek letters that represent fraternities and sororities at Baylor just got more meaty.
Beta Theta Pi, a fraternity, is reopening a chapter of Baylor’s Greek Life and recruiting new members after being closed at Baylor in 2011.
It’s time for families with special needs children to band together once again.
The Children’s Special Needs Network, a nonprofit organization located in Belton, is hosting its 20th Annual InKidable Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
“Art connects people together,” festival producer Doreen Ravencroft said. “I hope at the festival we can be creative together.”
The ninth annual Waco Cultural Arts Festival will be held Friday through Sunday at Indian Spring Park as a celebration of artists, musicians and dancers coming together.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra opened its new concert season in spectacular fashion this past weekend at the Meyerson Symphony Center in downtown Dallas.
The program seemed purposefully well-rounded, evoking an array of emotions and showing off a wide range of the orchestra’s capabilities.