Lights, camera, catwalk! It is that time of year again. Anticipated by fashion designers, models, fashionistas and all involved within the fashion industry worldwide look forward to one thing: New York City’s semi-annual fashion week.
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James Scudamore’s novel “Heliopolis” was nominated for the Man Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards that can be given to contemporary literature, but it went relatively unnoticed by many avid readers.
In a world filled with overpriced supermarkets that resemble shopping malls and processed snacks made with unpronounceable ingredients, a stand that sells fresh produce and organic animal products is a change from the common store shelves.
Jay-Z and Kanye West are both known for their powerful solo albums, but perhaps the two have found a second calling as collaborators. “Watch the Throne” – which is a joint effort from the two rappers – is an outright success and is one of the best albums I have had the opportunity to listen to this year.
New body-scanning technology acquired by Baylor this summer has the potential to revolutionize the fashion industry.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s autobiography, “In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir,” was released on Tuesday and has caused a stir in the political community. Cheney’s memoir, however, is hardly the first memoir to be controversial or intriguing.
Unconventional for a love story, “One Day” follows the lives of two friends, Emma (Anne Hathway) and Dex (Jim Sturgess), who met on July 15, 1988, the beginning of their complicated and frustrating relationship.
The horror-comedy remake of the 1985 classic “Fright Night” was one of many movies this summer to do little with its 3D format. That aside, the witty dialogue and edge-of-your seat action pick up where the effects fall short.
The State Fair of Texas has offered fried bubblegum and seven other lip-smacking delights as finalists for the Big Tex Choice Awards.
There’s one type of food Waco has yet to see, and that is authentic New York cuisine. Metro Restaurant & Bar on Austin Avenue in downtown Waco offers an authentic New York menu for affordable prices.
Scott Miller is the author of “The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century” and was a recent guest on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”. The book highlights the conflict between two very different men, one of whom was President of the United States.
Manliness, ladies and gentlemen, is under attack. Or at least that’s what Marty Beckerman argues in his satirical “The Heming Way” in which he advises that today’s men need to start living “the Heming Way.”
Scandals, big hair and deep southern accents overlay “The Help.” Starring Emma Stone as Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan, Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark, and Octavia Spencer, as Minny Jackson, the film is an exploration of racial injustice in the southern United States.
My name is Joshua Madden and I will be serving as the Arts & Entertainment editor for The Baylor Lariat. Let me be the first to welcome you to this section of the paper. If you’re like me, this is probably the first part of the paper you turn to – to read film and book reviews, find out about local performances, to find things to make the school year a little more fun and to procrastinate your studying a little bit longer.
With a summer box office overrun by superhero and action movies, “The Help” might not seem like a go-to flick for a Friday night. It definitely should be, however. While Emma Stone (who recently starred in “Crazy, Stupid, Love”), Viola Davis (who was nominated for best supporting actress for her performance in the film “Doubt”), and Octavia Spencer (who is probably best known for her role on ABC’s sitcom “Ugly Betty”) may not look like the average heroines, their character portrayals in “The Help” give audiences a new definition of courage.
Are you feeling snazzy? Looking fly? Expressing your personality through the medium of fashion? Have you seen any fabulous people around campus lately? If you are (or you do), nominate yourself (or that fabulous person) to become Baylor’s Best-Dressed Bear.
Adam Buckley, a Sigma Zeta Chi pledge, sits blindfolded in the back of a van. He learns that the final fraternity initiation requires a convenience store robbery. Minutes later, a fellow pledge is shot.
The cool atmosphere, spacious outdoor seating and friendly wait staff are only a few of the reasons why students stop into Shorty’s Pizza Shack, located in the shopping center at 12th Street and Bagby Avenue.
Busy college schedules mean that eating sometimes comes secondary to studying or other activities.
As adolescent male power fantasies go, “Fast Five” has an undeniable trashy charm.
Uproar Records celebrated the release of its third annual compilation CD on Wednesday night with a twist.
Baylor University Theatre combines a classic tale with modern creativity in its production of The Odyssey. In a nutshell, Odysseus, played by Jeff Wittekiend from Burnet, must go through a series of life-threatening adventures in order to reach his hometown and become reunited with his beloved wife and son.
Yogurt fanatics will have even more choices in the near future. The wife and daughter of Baylor’s head football coach, Art Briles, will open a frozen yogurt shop called Oso’s— that’s Spanish for “bear”— in less than two weeks, Staley Lebby, Briles’ daughter, said.
Waco’s hip-hop culture may be hard to find but Kick Up Kids are bringing it to the forefront of Waco’s music scene.
Before Rob Bell’s latest book even hit the shelves on March 15, it was already a source of heated debate.
The Baylor Religious Hour Choir is traveling to Accra, Ghana, for 10 days in June to do mission work and record a CD with a local choir. BRH is a student-led choir on campus consisting of about 45 members.
Members of the I Heart Me campaign raised awareness for women by not wearing makeup and sporting their I Heart Me T-shirts Wednesday. The no-makeup day was in conjunction with the campaign’s “I Heart Me Day.”
The family and consumer sciences department will showcase its annual runway event, the Baylor Fashion Show Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 30 in the Bill Daniel Student Center Barfield Drawing Room.
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We take a look into a few college students refrigerators to see what is there. It is not always pretty.
