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Baylor hits the road for a Friday night nationally televised game versus ULM on ESPN. Baylor is 2-0 after coming off an ugly win against Sam Houston State. This looks to be a tough game, and Baylor fans ought to be slightly nervous since this is the Bears ‘first road game of the season.

Today, the W. R. Poage Legislative Library’s opens it’s new fall 2012 exhibit entitled “Race for the White House” which displays items from nearly all of them .

The reception will begin at 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Cutting down on chemical use in dining halls is a goal Baylor dining services aims to accomplish over the next few weeks.

Brett Perlowski, director of dining services, said the dining services staff will use a new machine called the Orbio 5000-SC for water used to clean floors, carpets and tables.

Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don’t believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently.

LSU police captain Corey Lalonde said officers arrested William Bouvay Jr., 42, of Baton Rouge late Tuesday night after an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies.

Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic?

Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married.

And experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragment’s anonymous owner, noting that the document’s value has likely increased amid the publicity of the still-unproven find.

In all, the survey had 25 responses by the time of publication. All of these identified as students, staff or alumni. Forty percent were dog lovers, 25 percent cat lovers.

Forty percent of people who responded to the survey had ever adopted a pet from the humane society. Of them 17.4 percent had either good or very good experiences with adopting pets from there and 4.3 percent said it was average or poor.

Several people expressed their opinions about the transfer of the animal shelter from the Humane Society to the city of Waco at the Waco City Council meeting Tuesday.

A three-minute time slot, referred to as the Hearing of Visitors, is designated for any citizen to address the city council on any subject relating to city business.

From the battlefield to Baylor, some students are transitioning from military life to a life of academia.

To help with the transition to college life, the Veteran Educational and Transition Services (VETS) Center is available this year to help student veterans reach their academic goals.

His campaign at a crossroads, Mitt Romney said Tuesday the federal government should not “take from some to give to the others” as he sought to deflect a wave of criticism over recent remarks dismissive of nearly half of all Americans.

While the man behind an anti-Islam movie that ignited violence across the middle east would likely face swift punishment in his native egypt for making the film, in America, the government is in the thorny position of protecting his free speech rights and looking out for his safety even while condemning his message.

It’s a paradox that makes little sense to those protesting and calling for blood. To them, the movie dialogue denigrating the prophet Muhammad is all the evidence needed to pursue justice — vigilante or otherwise — against Nakoula Bassely Nakoula, an American citizen originally from Egypt.

New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin had his panties in a bunch after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers actually decided to play football on the final play of the game.

With New York up by only seven points, the Giants were convinced that the Buccaneers would just lay down for them and let the Giants run out the clock and the Buccaneers would quietly accept defeat.

Bomb threats are apparently becoming the newest, sickest national trend.

Only days after bomb threats caused evacuations of three college campuses including the University of Texas at Austin, Valparaiso University in Indiana and North Dakota State University, Lousiana State University received one as well.

Akhil Reed Amar captivated several hundred people packed in Waco Hall Monday evening with the discussion of our constitutional

privileges through his recent

book, “America’s Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By.”

“The world we live in changed dramatically,” Amar said. “Because

we the people, 225 years ago today, began having this conversation

about how ordinary people lived their lives.”

No matter what you say, it is pure fact that last season’s football team was solely dependent on Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III and his ability to make plays either with his feet or his arm.

Since Apple started taking iPhone 5 orders on its website at 2 a.m. on Friday, buyers who have a two-year service agreement with AT&T, Sprint or Verizon Wireless have been able to order the phone for $199 (16 gigabyte model), $299 (32 GB) or $399 (64 GB model).

“If Jesus is not worth your suffering,

go live the American dream. Live it up. Become successful in the eyes of the world.”

These words spoken by speaker Paul Richardson at the 24th annual

Though turmoil erupted at several college campuses today following a string of bomb threats, Baylor University officials say Baylor’s campus is secure.

Lori Fogleman, director of media communications, said Friday that emergency protocols are being followed.

Valparaiso University in Indiana has increased security and posted a warning to students on its website after receiving a vague threat through some graffiti.

The school says the threat claimed “dangerous and criminal activity” would occur on campus during the university’s daily chapel break on Friday. The message provided no details.

The school says the FBI and local authorities searched the campus but found nothing suspicious.

University of Texas Austin junior Salimah Jasani was on her way to a 10 a.m. class when she received an emergency text message from the university, but she ignored it – it wasn’t until she saw a missed call from her roommate that she began to suspect something was happening.

Following a year of triumph, Baylor has progressed to a new height this year — overall enrollment.

Baylor’s current enrollment, 15,364 students, is the highest in Baylor’s history.

“Worship God, Change the World.”

World Mandate’s slogan reflects a conference that believes changing the world is an integral part of Christianity.

Thanks to the Chisholm Crossing website, you won’t say there isn’t anything to do in Waco again.

Chisholm Crossing is a website focused on exploring downtown Waco and the shops, restaurants and recreational activities residents and guests can enjoy.

On Saturday, the Bears will take on the Sam Houston State Bearkats, but it’s been a week since Baylor defeated SMU by a score of 59-24 in their rocky season opener.

“We didn’t feel like we were completely clean against SMU and we worked on correcting things,” said head coach Art Briles.

The American filmmaker whose film, “Innocence of Muslims,” has triggered violence in Libya, says the movie was funded by Israeli donors and aimed to reveal what they saw as the flaws of Islam.

After Baylor defeated SMU on Sept. 2, former Bears wide receiver and current Cleveland Browns player Josh Gordon took to Twitter to explain Baylor football’s secret weapon. He said that Baylor’s “secret weapon” is the strength and conditioning program of Kaz Kazadi.

Lost on campus? There’s an app for that.

Cypress senior Kyle Martin, an electrical engineering major, developed an application called “Baylor Campus Navigator” to help guide people through campus. The application is free and available for iPhone users in Apple’s App Store.

Apple showed off the newest iterations of its wildly popular smartphone Wednesday morning in San Francisco, confirming that the iPhone 5 will be larger, lighter and faster while connecting to newer cellular networks.