On Saturday, I chose to temporarily deactivate my Facebook profile.
I invent various excuses for why I did this. I just need to focus on school or I had a really awkward encounter with someone and need to be incognito for at least six months until the shame goes away. But the truth is this: Facebook often makes me feel like an failure.
While it is a foregone conclusion that a ruling class has become ensconced in Washington, D.C., it is the duty of the several states to exercise their constitutional power and begin the dialogue to reclaim the balance of power between the states and the federal aristocracy.
A man was arrested Monday evening after shots were reportedly fired near Baylor campus resulting in one possible victim.
Nathan Antonio Parham, 23, is in custody on charges of tampering with physical evidence, possession of controlled substances in a drug-free-zone, evading arrest on foot, unlawfully carrying a weapon and criminal trespassing. His total bail is set at $22,000.
Students are required to write numerous research papers covering a wide array of topics, but more often than not, these papers are tossed into the recycling bin after the grade has been earned. Instead of recycling these papers or letting them stay on a hard drive, students can submit their papers for publication in The Pulse, the official undergraduate journal of Baylor.
People are different. And that’s OK, according to Steve Corbet in a lecture on Monday.
Corbet, one of the keynote speakers at the Rethink Missions conference, wasted no time talking pragmatics and responsibility in missions. Just hours before, Dr. Jayakumar Christian, of World Vision India, lectured on the Christian community’s response to a world of poverty and bad power structures.
Millions cry and nobody seems to be able to hear them.
Monday morning during chapel, Dr. Jayakumar Christian introduced students to the story of a girl he met in India. Christian is the national director of World Vision India.
Aaron Alexis seems a study in contradictions: a former Navy reservist, a Defense Department contractor, a convert to Buddhism who was taking an online course in aeronautics. But he also had flashes of temper that led to run-ins with police over shootings in Fort Worth and Seattle.
A profile began to emerge Monday of the man authorities identified as the gunman in a mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., that left 13 people dead, including the 34-year-old man. While some neighbors and acquaintances described him as “nice,” his father once told detectives in Seattle that his son had anger management problems related to post-traumatic stress brought on by the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He also complained about the Navy and being a victim of discrimination.
A dinner swipe at Penland costs $9.25. Millions of people in the world could not afford it.
“Eight hundred and thirty six million people live on $2 a day,” Dr. Jayakumar Christian said during a lecture Monday in Truett Theological Seminary.
Four years of planning for the Baylor Bound program culminated Monday as Baylor President Ken Starr and Dr. Johnette McKown, McLennan Community College President, signed the program into existence.
“Baylor’s partnership is critical to McLennan and to the people in McLennan County,” McKown said. “Our Board of Trustees and I really value our longstanding relationship and we look forward to even a closer and better relationship as we go forward. We also know that the future and quality of our community and state are dependent on just these kind of allowances and we know that our students will be successful because of that.”
By Rae Jefferson Reporter Most Baylor students would agree that juggling school, work and extracurricular activities is difficult. But when…
No. 7 Baylor soccer toppled Cal Poly 4-0 on Friday for its 14th straight home win and then faced McNeese State in a 0-0 draw on Sunday to keep their 29 game unbeaten streak alive. The Bears have not lost a match in the last 387 days.
The Bears got off to an early start against Cal Poly with a header by senior midfielder Kat Ludlow, who scored off a long free kick, which senior defender Taylor Heatherly took. Baylor had trouble finishing on Sunday, getting shut out despite taking 32 shots.
The Bears went 2-1 over the weekend with two wins against Appalachian State and Northwestern State before falling in the Baylor Invitational final against Colorado in straight sets.
Baylor won their first match of the weekend against Northwestern State 3-1 on Friday. The sets were 25-19, 25-17, 21-25 and 25-23.
The animals at Cameron Park Zoo weren’t the only ones going wild on Saturday. Continuing its yearlong celebration of “20 Wild Years,” the zoo hosted NBC’s “The Voice” top six contender and Baylor student Holly Tucker in concert at its Brazos River Country attraction.
Though this event was not the only celebration the zoo is having this year, the concert was the first they have ever hosted in hopes to do more in the future.
The Berlin Wall was a thing of chicken wire and Kleenex compared with the barrier that once stood between film and television in America.
Unlike British actors, who moved easily between stage, television and film, American movie stars were essentially instructed not to bother with TV.
Pose, snap, send for 10 seconds, destroy. That is the beauty of Snapchat, right?
Wrong. Whatever happens on Snapchat stays in the public realm of online information. Snapchat, the two-year-old app that markets itself as one of the fastest, most private photo and video sharing outlets available, warns users not to “use Snapchat to send messages if you want to be certain that the recipient cannot keep a copy.”
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union…” They are words most of us are familiar with.
Akhil Amar, a Yale professor and constitutional expert, says these words were “the most democratic deed the world had ever seen” in his book “America’s Constitution: A Biography.”
Today marks Constitution Day, the 226th anniversary of the signing of our nation’s Constitution. But there’s a question worth asking — why is our Constitution so special? What distinguishes our government from other similar democracies?
I come from a long line of Baylor football fanatics so, I am not the most objective writer. One thing we can all agree on is that this Baylor football team is special. At the end of that magical year dubbed “The Year of the Bear,” a good friend of mine said that Baylor fans should “enjoy it now because we will never see this kind of success again.”
Baylor football unleashed all its weapons on Buffalo when the Bears stomped all over them en route to a 70-13 win. From Bryce Petty’s passing to Bryce Hager’s fumble return that I can only compare to a stampeding mammoth, we hit them with everything we had. One weapon that didn’t get as much press was a little gift from Waco: murderous heat.
At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, and officials said several people were killed and as many as 10 were wounded, including a law enforcement officer.
A shooter was “contained” but not yet in custody, according to a Defense Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Two other officials — one with the Defense Department and the other with law enforcement — said police were looking into the possibility of a second shooter.
Despite taking 32 shots, No. 7 Baylor soccer could not put one in the net, resulting in a 0-0 draw with the McNeese State Cowgirls on Sunday. The draw ends Baylor’s (6-0-2) 14-game home winning streak, but the Bears keep their current 29-game unbeaten streak alive.
“It was very frustrating, senior midfielder Kat Ludlow said. “It was very frustrating to be on the field and have them outfight us. They really did. They outfought us and that’s a learning lesson right there for the rest of the season.”
Baylor’s equestrian team scrimmaged Saturday with an exhibition meet against Southern Methodist University. Baylor won Western 6-4 but lost Hunterseat 7-5 and the overall competition after a tiebreaker was enforced.
Baylor’s head coach Ellen White remained upbeat after the meet.
“It was exactly what we wanted to do,” said White.
It was an opportunity to see which players were going to step up and to work out the kinks of hosting an event, White said.
Baylor volleyball ended the three match Baylor Invitational tournament with a loss to Colorado. The Bears lost the match in straight sets, losing 25-21, 25-23 and 25-11.
After the match, Colorado improved to 8-1 while Baylor fell to 4-7. For the tournament, Baylor finished with a record of 2-1.
Baylor could not get consistent performance offensively, finishing with 25 total kills for the match. The Bears hit .035 over the three sets, including a -.156 in the deciding third set.
Senior outside hitter Zoe Adom led the team with seven kills while sophomore outside hitter Laura Jones added six. No other player finished with more than four. A night after limiting themselves to 19 total errors, Baylor had 34 total errors.
The Bears played two matches in the Baylor Invitational on Friday, winning against both Northwestern State and Appalachian State.
The second match against Appalachian State on Friday night, winning in straight sets. They won sets 29-27, 25-20 and 25-15.
The win was their second win of the day, after beating Northwestern State University in their first match. The Bears record improved to 4-6 after Friday’s matches, while Appalachian State falls to 6-3.
No. 7 Baylor posted another shutout en route to its 14th straight home win with a 4-0 victory over Cal Poly on Friday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
Baylor (6-0-1) handed Cal Poly (4-1-0) it’s first loss of the season by shutting down one of the best scorers in the nation in sophomore forward Elise Krieghoff, who came into this game having scored 10 goals.
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The Lake Waco area is home to southern bald eagles, and the community is working to construct a 50-foot nesting tower to ensure that the eagles always have a place to inhabit in the area.
Janet Wallace, president of the Central Texas Audubon Society, said 20 years ago bald eagles were discovered nesting near the shores of Lake Waco. The Audubon Society is concerned, Wallace said, because the eagles have been selecting dead cottonwood trees to build their nests in.
