Racers in stilettos will dash through Downtown Waco this Saturday for a fundraising event to raise awareness about breast cancer.
Author: Baylor Lariat
Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. That was Vice President Joe Biden’s message for Republican Mitt Romney in a campaign speech Thursday that blended a robust defense of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record with a harsh attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s positions.
A local businessman who investigators called a “kingpin” on the South Texas cockfighting circuit was slapped with a $1.25 million bond on Thursday even though he isn’t suspected in the fatal shootings at a cockfight last week that helped lead authorities to his doorstep.
The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109’s Tiger Scouts didn’t know or care their den mother was a lesbian — at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organization’s ban on gays.
A mutt who sat on doggy death row for more than a year before given a reprieve is now officially free from government captivity and headed toward TV stardom.
Surprised is the best way Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, assistant professor of journalism and media arts, said she could describe how she felt when she was told she won the 3rd Annual BU Diversity Award.
John Edwards’ former aide acknowledged Thursday that much of nearly $1 million in campaign supporters’ cash went to build his North Carolina dream house, not to buy the silence of the presidential candidate’s pregnant mistress.
As far back as I can remember I’ve been enamored with the George Washington Bridge. There’s a certain je ne sais quoi about it that boggles my mind and sends my heart aflutter. Truth be told, I’ve wanted to write a piece about this man-made wonder for a while, but I was worried I couldn’t do it justice.
Junior right-handed pitcher Max Garner has been stellar this season, but Garner is lucky to even be able to play this season.
Making the case that a large majority of today’s television is awful only requires examining two specific networks and how much they have each devolved.
There was no mistaking Robert Griffin III at the NFL draft. The ends of his dreadlocks settled onto a baby blue jacket. His checkered-patterned shirt was offset by a purplish tie with horizontal stripes.
The Tennessee Titans need help on defense. They decided the best way to get it with the 20th overall pick in Thursday night’s NFL draft was by taking an “electric” offensive playmaker in Baylor wide receiver Kendall Wright.
Senior Diana Nakic is finishing up her final season as one of Baylor’s top women’s tennis players.
Baylor track and field has one more meet in preparation for the Big 12 Championship, and before team members make their mark on the Big 12, they reflected on the season as a whole.
First Place In what was admittedly a surprise, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” for the Sega Genesis won the title for the “Greatest Game” in our online poll. The results were overwhelming, with “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” receiving 26.3 percent of the overall votes — more that 11 percent higher than second place and almost a full 20 percent higher than third place. The game, which was added to our “Great Video Game” list by San Antonio graduate student Farzeen Dhalla, was released in several different forms over several different consoles, including SNES, Sega CD, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Boy and…
During the 2011-2012 season, it is possible that Pat Neff has gone through twice as many green bulbs as it did through 2008-2010.
For the past week, the only movie title I’ve heard anyone talking about is “Cabin in the Woods.”
No. 3 Baylor baseball will take on the No. 25 New Mexico State Aggies tonight and Saturday. Both games of the two-game series will be at Baylor Ballpark, and the top 25 showdown should test both teams.
More than 100 large fires have swept across the nation this year, and the head of the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday the rest of the 2012 fire season is expected to be just as active as 2011, which saw historic wildfires on hundreds of square miles in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and elsewhere.
Every Baylor team thus far has advanced to the postseason. Softball, however, is in jeopardy of breaking that streak.
The Senate overcame election-year gender politics Thursday to pass a bill renewing the government’s main domestic violence program.
The Red Men Museum and Library, a simple, red brick building, is not Waco’s most iconic attraction.
State regulators have given final approval for a Dallas-based company to begin burying low-level radioactive waste at a West Texas site near the New Mexico border, according to a letter posted online Thursday.
A state senator from El Paso said Thursday the University of Texas System regents should overturn a decision by Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa to ban a high-profile boxing match from the Sun Bowl over unspecified security concerns.
With graduation quickly approaching, seniors have begun to reflect on their times at Baylor and the mark they have left on this community.
Sending a nutrition team on a missions trip is a new trick for an old school— but this summer, Baylor will do just that.
Any new arrival to New York City wants to see the sights — and the space shuttle Enterprise is no different.
Willis senior Paige Haas has been found, Baylor Police Chief Jim Doak said. A missing persons report was filed for Haas this week, Doak said.
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Baylor will have the honor of welcoming Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to campus as a guest for President Ken Starr’s OnTopic lecture series next week.