Students will have the opportunity to light up the night with glow sticks, neon shirts and black lights in the new spring charity event Ready, Set, Glow!
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The body of a male Baylor student was found today in a chemically hazardous vehicle near University Parks Drive and Donaldson Lane, said Lori Fogleman, assistant vice president for media communications.
Baylor Relay For Life will host their annual 12 hour event this week themed “Compete to Beat Cancer.”
This year’s relay will feature a sports theme throughout the festivities in the form of tournaments and challenges from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday on Fountain Mall.
Baylor’s ban on dancing on campus was lifted in 1996 after 151 years of a strictly enforced no-dance policy. One group that takes advantage of this freedom of recreational dance is Baylor’s Latin Dance Society. The society will feature the 11th annual Salsa Invasion this weekend for two days of Latin dance performances and lessons
San Antonio sophomore Chase Hardy, a student senator, will still run in the Student Body President election after facing a possible impeachment this past week.
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s AirBear and now it’s everywhere. ITS worked with Campus Living and Learning to install AirBear in all residence halls on campus, in an effort to satisfy student demand for wireless Internet access.
This past month, the Supreme Council of Sigma Alpha Epsilon eliminated New Member Education, or pledging, from the experience of the national fraternity after half a century of the practice.
Participants of the upcoming 5k, Light Up the Darkness, will create a fluorescent glow while running for a cause. We Run Because is hosting Light Up the Darkness at 8 p.m. Saturday at the dam as a fundraiser for UnBound, a ministry through Antioch Community Church to fight human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking.
Eighty percent of college students say they experience stress daily, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. The counseling center on campus, however, is doing something to improve mental health of students.
Companies will gather Wednesday to sniff out eager students, new hires and potential interns. Baylor’s Professional Development Program will hold a Marketing and Professional Selling Career Fair at 4 p.m in Cashion Academic Center.
Members of the Baylor Bear Foundation held a vote to dissolve the group’s non-profit status and formally incorporate with the university, around 1P.M., Saturay March 22.
Fire trucks and police cars lined the driveway of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center around 4 p.m Monday. The Waco Fire Department and campus police responded to a call about smoke coming out of the ceiling on the building’s second floor.
The 12th Annual Student Foundation Bearathon and 5K run took place this morning. This year, the race hosted nearly 2,300 participants, said director of Student Foundation Ashton Cooper.
Baylor student Daniel Jones never finished Bearathon last year; he collapsed before the finish line. But his Kappa Omega Tau fraternity brothers are running on Saturday to honor his memory at this year’s annual race.
U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, and political director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Rob Engstrom discussed topics of national interest with Wacoans Thursday morning at Waco’s first State of the Nation Luncheon.
Maintaining open lines of communication between the university and students is crucial during a campus emergency. This is why the Baylor Police Department notified students of improvements to the university’s emergency alert system Tuesday.
A rare and more serious ITS outage was detected Wednesday night when storage space in Baylor’s data center was experiencing technical issues.
Bob Hartland, associate vice-president for IT Infrastructure, said the reason this incident was more complicated than usual outages is because it impacted several on-campus systems, including Blackboard, the Baylor identification system, Astra scheduling system and Baylor Web pages. Despite the severity of the outage, all campus applications are back up and running with all data safe and intact.
Nearly 20 ROTC cadets attended the Student Senate meeting Thursday night and witnessed the passing of a bill that could allow them to register earlier for classes.
A 21-year-old Baylor student sustained significant injuries Wednesday after being hit by a car driven by a 20-year-old student off of Fourth Street and Daughtrey Avenue.
Baylor has long been an institution characterized by success and record setting, and its fundraising initiatives are no exception.
In room A156R Baylor Sciences Building, hundreds of mosquitoes feed on chicken blood and swarm around in mesh cages and larvae swim around nearby in large, plastic vats.
Waco police took no bull Tuesday afternoon when a begrudged bovine ran through the neighborhood behind LaSalle Avenue in South Waco around 1:30 p.m.
Members of the Baylor Alumni Association can expect to see the Baylor Line get back on the production horse sometime this spring.
Attorneys representing the family of the construction worker killed at the McLane Stadium site filed a second temporary restraining order Monday afternoon against the university and companies building the stadium.
Students wanting to bring their German shepherd or Doberman pinscher on campus for a game of fetch and walk through Fountain Mall may want to reconsider. According to risk management policy, these breeds are forbidden at Baylor.
Shanty houses. Dusty roads. Toddlers with swollen bellies. Many Americans often associate these images with poverty, and they are not always incorrect in doing so. But Victor Boutros, a ’94 Baylor alumnus and federal prosecutor, thinks they are missing a huge piece of what the impoverished world faces on a daily basis — systemized violence.
The Heart of Texas Urban Gardening Coalition and the Baylor Community Garden will host its first Junior Master Gardener Club meeting the week after spring break.
The BearWeb login portal will receive a makeover Saturday, as a team of students and staff from Baylor ITS, ITS advisory, registrar and student services work to make BearWeb easier to navigate.
Student Government officers travelled to Washington, D.C., to represent Baylor at Big XII on the Hill. Student leaders from all of the Big XII schools travel to D.C. to meet with legislators and advocate for college students. They met with more than a dozen legislators and discussed issues that pertain to students today.
Spring break may have already started for some Baylor students, but the Random Acts of Wellness week continues until Friday.
According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, March is National Nutrition Month and Baylor’s Fitness Department has taken action in the McLane Student Life Center.
