By Will Barksdale | Multimedia Journalist Family is everything. Although I have always been close with my family, I was reminded of this fact over the last month more than ever. For the last several weeks, I have been working on a photo story that describes the experience of an unexpected blessing for my two friends in the form of their two baby boys, Hayden and Ashton, during their freshman year at Baylor. I knew Paige and Andrew well, but it was still early in our friendship when we were forced to part ways and go our separate ways in…
Author: Will Barksdale
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Baylor students, Andrew and Paige, were in for a surprise when they found out they would be starting a family early. Now as parents to a pair of twins, the couple talks about how they balance family and education. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
By Will Barksdale | Multimedia Journalist Texas is one of the largest, proudest states in the country. Why do most Texans never leave their state after living their entire pre-pubescent and teen lives there? Why do they have such amazing state spirit when confronted with any other area of the country that claims to be better? I honestly could not care any less because that topic has been overdone. Since I, along with a good amount of Baylor students, am not from Texas, it’s easy for us out-of-staters to band together and bond between the distinct differences that are seen…
By Will Barksdale | Multimedia JournalistThe first thing people do when they see one of my tattoos is ask what it is and what is the meaning of it. While this may be a natural course of action, this assumption embodies one of the main issues that stems from getting a tattoo that is easily visible to anyone; many people see your body art as public art that can be controlled by anyone who takes an interest in it. I have a three-quarter length tattoo sleeve that is based off of the painting, “A Calm at a Mediterranean Port” by…