President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner offered hints of possible compromise but also traded heated rhetoric Tuesday, a frustratingly inconclusive combination that left the eight-day partial government shutdown firmly in place and the threat of an unprecedented national default drawing closer.
“There’s a crack there,” Boehner said of the impasse near the end of a day of maneuvering at the White House and the Capitol. Yet the Ohio Republican added that it was not enough to warrant optimism.
With enough votes in his design’s favor, a Baylor alumnus may be the creator of The Dallas Mavericks jerseys for the 2015-16 season.
Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, started a contest in May for fans to design new jerseys for the team.
Fans had until the end of May to submit their designs. Since then, the top 10 designs have been selected by Cuban and are being voted on by fans. Baylor alumnus Geoff Case’s design is among those being voted on.
Glitz, glamour and a shot at winning the crown of Miss Texas and Miss America await the winner of Baylor’s first annual Miss Green and Gold Pageant.
“What this means is that Miss Green and Gold will be able to go to Miss Texas and compete to go to Miss America,” said Houston junior Amira Lewally, director of the Miss Green and Gold Pageant.
The Miss Green and Gold Pageant will take place on Nov. 1 in Waco Hall. Lewally said she and the current pageant committee have been trying to get a pageant started at Baylor for a year.
Many children in McLennan County will go home from school Fridays and not eat a meal until Monday morning at school breakfast. Pack of Hope, a local non-profit organization, is fighting to put an end to such a situation.
“There are over 26,300 children in McLennan County who are eligible for free and reduced lunch,” said Jane Bounds, president and co-founder of Pack of Hope. She said most of these students go all weekend without food.
With many people focusing on how to stop Baylor, or wondering how Baylor will adjust on the road, the coaching duel that will take place in Manhattan, Kan., seems to be overlooked. Both Baylor head coach Art Briles and Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder have rejuvenated programs that were at one point bottom feeders of the Big 12.
Snyder’s first tenure at K-State was from 1989 to 2005, in which he led the Wildcats to three Big 12 titles, six 11-win seasons, and helped turn Kansas State into a contending, winning program on an annual basis.
After playing three of the top teams in the Big 12 to open conference play, Baylor volleyball will look to turn their season around in a road match against West Virginia in Morgantown tonight.
The Bears are currently 8-11 overall on the season after losing three straight against No. 25 Iowa State, No. 3 Texas and Kansas to open the season.
As the weather cools down outside, I love to crank the heat up in my oven with an unending supply of fall-inspired baked goods and treats.
This week, I chose black velvet whoopie pies with orange filling. While I mostly opt for creative ways to cook with cinnamon or pumpkin spices, this Halloween recipe made for a spooky-sweet change to the usual pumpkin loaf.
Curious about the name, I found through research that these treats are native to the Amish and New England culture. From traditional chocolate to seasonal pumpkin, the name for these cream-filled goodies spawn from the reaction people gave upon finding one in their lunch box.
While high-powered offenses earn national attention, defense wins championships. Last year’s porous Baylor defense has been replaced with a stout defense that finds itself ranking among the elite squads in the NCAA.
Through the first four games of the Baylor season, the defense has allowed 321.3 yards per game– good enough to land Baylor inside the top 20. Baylor’s defense last year consistently ranked outside of the top 100 teams in FBS schools, which forced the offense to carry the load.
You wouldn’t guess that by purchasing a hot pink, lacy lingerie ensemble that, ahem, glows in the dark, you’d be waging war against breast cancer.
But, in fact, October is the month when fashion and beauty forces rally for this cause, offering a staggering number of products to fight the disease. (For the record, this includes fluorescent undies by Cosabella.)
So, really, buy a little something.
Dr. Joan Breton Connelly, professor of classics and art history at New York University, will give a lecture from 3:30…
Campus recreation is offering a three-day lifeguard certification course. Classes will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday and…
The Panhellenic “Meet and Greet” will be from 5 to 6 p.m. today in the Stacy Riddle Forum. This is…
Christians should not be tame but good, said Dr. Ralph Wood, professor of theology and literature.
Tuesday at the fourth annual Drumwright Family Lecture, the Alexander reading room was full as faculty, staff and students came to hear Wood speak.
Wood has studied the works and life of C.S. Lewis for a vast majority of his life, and he said he came to the conclusion that Christians are called to be good but not tame through theosis. Theosis is the idea that people are here on this earth to be a part of God’s bigger plan.
With false advertising and dietary fads, knowing what is healthy and what is not can be confusing.
Students, faculty and staff who want an assessment of their health can take advantage of the Baylor Peer Nutrition Education program.
The program, which is free to the public, aims to help Baylor students assess their dietary goals and develop healthy eating habits.
In recent days, it has come to light that the NSA conducted a secret experimental program during 2010 and 2011 that collected bulk data concerning the location of Americans’ cellphones. The agency claims it never moved ahead with the program and the data was never available for intelligence analysis purposes.
It has also been revealed that the NSA has used its data to create graphs of Americans’ social connections. These graphs are able to identify Americans’ associates, locations, traveling companions and other personal information. However, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, NSA chief, denied the NSA was creating these dossiers on Americans.
After a resilient showing against No. 4 Texas last Wednesday, Baylor volleyball struggled and eventually fell to Big 12 rival Kansas 3-1 on Saturday in front of a crowd of 568 fans. Baylor fell 16-25, 25-23, 22-25, 17-25. With the loss, Baylor falls to 8-11 on the season and 0-3 in Big 12 play.
Sophomore outside hitter Thea Munch-Soegaard led Baylor with 17 kills, 12 digs and two blocks in her second match back from a foot injury. Sophomore outside hitter Laura Jones added 11 kills. Sophomore setter Amy Rosenbaum had an all-around match with four kills, four digs, an ace and 45 assists.
No. 19 Baylor fell to No. 18 BYU 2-1 on Friday to finish nonconference play. Baylor (8-2-2) played tough and fought for the entire match, but BYU (6-3-1) scored a goal in each half to come away with a win in the teams’ first ever meeting.
“It was a great game,” Baylor co-head coach Marci Jobson said. “We have to get everyone playing well at the same time. Everyone is playing hard, but not everyone is playing well at the same moment. We need a little bit more consistency.”
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but as awareness grows, there are still myths about breast cancer.
“Some common myths are: finding a lump always means breast cancer, men do not get breast cancer, breast cancer is contagious or that deodorants, cell phones or microwave ovens can cause breast cancer,” said Dr Sharon Stern, physician and director of Baylor Health Services.
Baylor fraternity members are about to walk down the catwalk for breast cancer awareness.
The Baylor sorority Zeta Tau Alpha will host Big Man on Campus at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Barfield Drawing Room located in the Bill Daniel Student Center. The event will include a pageant with participants made up of members in different Baylor fraternities, all while raising awareness of breast cancer, the philanthropic cause of Zeta Tau Alpha. The money that is raised from the event will go toward the Zeta Tau Alpha foundation, which benefits breast cancer awareness and education.
With the last ticket sold for the Dec. 7 game against Texas, Floyd Casey Stadium has sold out for its last game as it ends its saga as home of the Bears.
For the final game at “The Case,” more than 3,500 additional general admission seats were opened up in the south end zone, an area usually left unused.
Deciding what career path to take, figuring out how to get a job and how to survive without mom and dad’s money are just some of the many issues people may struggle with at some point in their life. These thoughts may appear most frequently when students are in college.
Baylor students experiencing these conundrums may be able to receive some guidance on the matter. The University-Wide Majors Fair will take place from 2:30 to 4 p.m. today in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center. The Office of Career and Professional Development will host the event.
After three weeks of breezing to blowout victories against nonconference opponents, the No. 15 Baylor Bears 4-0 (1-0) were sick of hearing how they have not played anyone yet. The Bears answered the critics emphatically by winning their first Big 12 Conference game over the West Virginia Mountaineers 73-42 on Saturday at Floyd Casey Stadium.
The Bears have yet to play a game on the road this season after four consecutive games in the friendly confines of Floyd Casey Stadium. This week that will change, as the Bears hit the road for the first time to take on the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan.
7 p.m. Oct. 28 Waco Hall The alternative Christian rock band comes to Baylor with new music and the premiere…
Now through Saturday Extraco Events Center The annual HOT Fair and Rodeo brings back the carnival rides, rodeo attractions and…
Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
Children paint beautiful pictures for someone special, even if they are only beautiful in their innocent eyes and the eyes of the receiver. As people grow up, many put away their paints, crayons and watercolors for other things like writing papers, reading and schoolwork.
Gov. Rick Perry signed Texas House Bill 2 into law July 18. The bill, which will go into effect Oct. 29, places restrictions on abortion clinics. These restrictions have the potential to increase women’s health and safety during this procedure. While we support the right to life, this law is a step in the right direction.
Abortion clinics in Texas will not be allowed to administer abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, which is four weeks shy of the standard set by Roe v. Wade. The reasoning behind this statement is that the unborn child could potentially feel pain after the 20-week mark of pregnancy. This is reasonable, as research supports this claim.
Another round of political theater is coming, and it will undoubtedly distract from the worrying financial future of our nation. If you thought the government “shutdown” wasn’t enough, just wait until the next round of financial debates. In the next few weeks, the debt limit will be the new catchphrase digested by the media ad nauseam.
For the fourth time this season, our starters were pulled before the third quarter was over. The first three times were against Wofford, Buffalo and ULM, and we had halftime leads of 38-0, 56-13 and 49-7 respectively, so sportsmanship there was all well and good. Last Saturday, we had a halftime lead of 56-14 and pulled the starters very early yet again.
The difference? West Virginia is a Big 12 foe.
