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“They said it was the biggest pro day of all time at Baylor.”

Four wives of Baylor presidents past and present regaled the Baylor Round Table on Wednesday with stories from their experiences as the university’s first ladies, providing insight into the more personal side of the administration’s highest office.

Dr. Blair Browning, assistant professor of communication studies, has been named the 2012 Collins Outstanding Professor. Students in the senior class voted for the award, which is sponsored by the Carr P. Collins Foundation.

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against former members of the now dissolved Baylor chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity and against individuals associated with Mynar’s Bar in West.

The Hankamer School of Business played host to a CEO, a backup astronaut and a former ambassador Wednesday night.

A homeless man accused of throwing a bag filled with six Molotov cocktails at state Sen. Wendy Davis’ office tried unsuccessfully to speak to her in the days leading up to the attack and talked of aliens after his arrest, investigators said Wednesday.

Hosted by Baylor’s own Uproar Records, Project Greenway is a one-night event where students design pieces of apparel created and inspired by recyclable goods and showcase the garments to a panel of judges while Baylor musicians perform.

Meting out unprecedented punishment for a crush-for-cash bounty system that targeted key opposing players, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton without pay for next season and indefinitely banned the team’s former defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams.

World salsa champions David Zepeda and Paulina Posadas will be teaching and showcasing their salsa skills this weekend at the ninth Annual Salsa Invasion, presented by the Baylor Latin Dance Society. The event will take place in Hoffman Hall, located at 400 South 4th Street in downtown Waco.

I thought the initial tweet about quarterback Tim Tebow’s trade to the New York Jets was a joke.

It got personal for a judge in Honolulu when he put a man in a chokehold for jumping onto his bench and breaking a flagpole bearing the state flag, authorities said.

Baylor School of Social Work will be celebrating International Social Work Day with a food tasting and panel discussion today from noon to 3 p.m. today. The events, which are open to the public, will be held on the second floor of The School of Social Work, located at 811 Washington Ave.

Here’s the pitch: The state forces kids into a death match where only one is left standing.

South By Southwest saw many innovative ideas, but perhaps the most controversial contribution to the festival came from Bartle, Bogle and Hegarty advertisement agency.

The Heart of Texas Community Tailgate Party will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Baylor Ballpark.…

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I’m not sure why everyone is so up in arms about “Pink Slime” meat.

While Gov. Mitt Romney, vying for the Republican nomination, campaigned in Illinois, he spoke to a crowd at the University of Chicago. Answering a question concerning the extreme expenses of student loans and the availability of employment opportunities, Romney said, “I don’t see how a young American can vote for a Democrat.”

See other SXSW 2012 photos: Wednesday: Quiet Company, Bruce Springsteen and more. Friday: 50 Cent, Eminem, Counting Crows and more.…

Director Gary Ross knew he needed someone who was super-cool and a trendsetter to play the avant garde stylist Cinna in “The Hunger Games.” The first person he thought of was Lenny Kravitz.

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Heavy rains in the Waco area resulted in flooding in the Bill Daniel Student Center late Monday.

University administrators approved the sale of 50 more student travel packages to this weekend’s NCAA tournament games in Atlanta after the first 100 sold out Tuesday afternoon.

A 16.2 percent drop in the number of students taking the Law School Admission Test does not scare Nicole Masciopinto, Baylor Law School’s director of admissions and student recruitment.

A confident Mitt Romney is shifting toward the general election as his grasp on the Republican presidential nomination tightens with a win in Illinois, saying Tuesday that he would work with Democrats to solve the nation’s problems — or “die trying.”

The International Space Station may provide the setting for a 500-day pretend trip to Mars in another few years.

“Big Easy Express,” documentary director Emmett Malloy’s rail-riding music documentary, made its first stop in Austin on the final day of SXSW.

The Justice Department is committed to combating bullying and harassment based on sexual orientation and has already made strides in bringing more prosecutions in that area, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday.

Baylor’s No. 12-ranked women’s tennis team defeated the Clemson Tigers 4-3 Tuesday at the Hurd Tennis Center.