The Big Apple. The city that never sleeps. Gotham City. The Melting Pot. New York, New York. This legendary city serves as a backdrop for writers, musicians and artists and their works, both recent and classics. They describe its glimmer, its expansiveness, its overcrowding, its remarkable skyscrapers, its diverse population, all of this and more. For many years growing up, these descriptions entranced me. It is the city where dreams come true. I was fixated on this metropolis, and it was my goal to make it there one day.

The seven top student organizations will stomp it out at the StompFest Championships at 7 p.m. April 9 at Waco Hall. Buy your tickets for $8 at the Bill Daniels Student Center Ticket Office or pay $10 at the door.

Looking for inspiration to guide your prayers? Throughout the Lent season, black and white photos of the Stations of the Cross will be on display in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center’s chapel for reflection. Prayer guides are provided, and at 3:30 p.m. every Friday a group will meet for joint meditation.

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Command of the ground is no longer solely the job of the Army and Marines. The Air Force is being asked to step up and fill a role.

The Heart of Texas Regional Advisory Council, along with other regional emergency response teams, conducted an exercise designed to practice running a regional alternate care site response Wednesday at the Providence Health Center in Waco.

Former Lady Bears basketball forward Morghan Medlock shared her experience with domestic violence Wednesday during Take Back the Night on Fountain Mall.

Zionsville, Ind., junior Cole Chapman knows how to save money. His company, College Cardboard, is being nationally recognized in the College Entrepreneurs Organization spring newsletter. Chapman developed College Cardboard, a company that sells cardboard boxes to students on move-out day for a low price and then delivers them to students’ doors.

With the April 2 spring game quickly approaching, Baylor football diagnoses itself with a healthy offensive pulse and a fresh, promising look on defense.

There was a window of opportunity for No. 18 SMU to pull an upset over the ninth-ranked Baylor women’s tennis team Wednesday, but the Lady Bears quickly made sure they slammed that window shut.

After a week off from play, the Baylor softball team is back in action tonight as it hosts a double header against Florida International University. The Lady Bears then open conference play against No. 21 Texas A&M on Saturday.

There are so many different kinds of relationships one has to master. There is the parent-child relationship that seems to take at least 18 years to figure out, and the sibling relationship that changes incredibly rapidly as time passes. There’s the boyfriend-girlfriend dynamic that looks different in every couple, and the boss-employee relationship that can either be dreadful or great, depending on your efforts as a worker and the personality of your superior. For students, there’s the always confusing professor-student relationship that depends entirely on how high on the food chain the particular professor considers undergraduate students to be.

The Multicultural Student Leadership Summit presents students with the opportunity to learn about developing a culturally-based student organization. The summit is from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Kayser Auditorium.

Students can delve into a discussion of “Revolutions in the Middle East and the Global Energy Market” during the Global Business Forum at 3 p.m. Friday in Cashion Academic Center.

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The No. 1 seed Lady Bears fought off a persistent West Virginia squad Tuesday night, closing out an 82-68 win to advance to Dallas for the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.