A small, local business is depending on Baylor students to grow.

It can be intimidating to campaign for a position, but former student body president Michael Wright believes that somewhere within the student government, there’s a seat waiting with your name on it.

Baylor is well on its way to achieving its 2013 goal of raising $100 million in scholarship funds.

The Baylor Bookworms. The name doesn’t exactly inspire fear, but in 1914 the founders of Baylor were considering making the bookworm the school’s mascot.

Unexpectedly during conversations, rumors surface. Whispers of a secret series of underground tunnels that connect every building on campus penetrate the air. Some people insist they exist, while others place the tunnels in the same category as Santa Claus.

He surprised her with rose petals. Candles lit. Chairs arranged to watch the sunset.

Adjusting to a new lifestyle and developing a daily routine can be challenging for incoming freshmen.

Busy college schedules mean that eating sometimes comes secondary to studying or other activities.

Noisy neighbors, blaring televisions and the roommate’s barking dog are enough to make the ideal study environment hard to come by.

One of the ways Baylor meets the spiritual needs of students is by assigning chaplains, who are also George W. Truett Seminary students, to each residence hall.

As an increasing number of students enter college with their own computers, they have found a growing need for technology supplies.

In the fall of 1909, Baylor alumni received a surprising invitation from their alma mater. A postcard signed by three professors asked the graduates to return to campus to “renew former associations and friendships, and catch the Baylor spirit again.” With that postcard, Baylor Homecoming was born.

The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship’s undergraduate program at Baylor was ranked second nationally by the Princeton Review in September 2010, moving up two spots from its 2009 fourth place ranking. The University of Houston’s undergraduate program was the only one to rank higher than Baylor’s.

From playing with orphans in Kenya, to viewing a cultural dance in Cairo, or walking along the Great Wall in China, learning a language can provide new opportunities and adventures.

The Baylor Board of Regents met last week and made several developments toward Baylor’s future. At Friday’s meeting, the board approved next year’s $428.6 million operating budget, agreed to establish the Robbins Institute for Health Policy and Leadership in the Hankamer School of Business and welcomed new members as others finished their terms.

As the spring semester draws to a close, many students focus on internships, summer jobs or summer classes.

A recent study done by geologists around the world and researchers at Baylor and Wesleyan University has found a new, more accurate way to estimate climates from ancient environments: leaves.

Beginning May 17, the Baylor Police Department will start removing abandoned bikes from bike racks in an effort to clean campus before the first summer term begins.

With the conclusion of the community input phase of the strategic planning process will come the official beginning of the synthesis and analysis phase.

Air Force ROTC students finished a semester of training Wednesday with their Pass in Review ceremony.

Changing the way the world looks at consumerism is on Baylor’s summer agenda this year. As hosts of the third Transformative Consumer Research Conference, Baylor will host professors from across the country June 24-26 to talk about prominent consumer issues facing the business world.

The friendly rivalry between the Honors Residential College and Brooks Residential College will go public on Saturday.

A team of Baylor graduate students won a national case study competition centered on athletics last week. The competition was part of the Scholarly Conference on College Sport, which took place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Whether you’re on Baylor’s campus, on vacation or staying home this summer, there are plenty of opportunities to stay fit and have fun while doing it.

President Ken Starr hosted the final Dr Pepper Hour of the year Tuesday, greeting students with hugs and handshakes.

Thanks to the Baylor graduating class of 1945, history professor Jeffrey Hamilton will travel to England sometime after the fall semester in 2011 to research the life of Henry de Lacy, the counselor to both Edward I and II who played an important political role in medieval England.

Before Rob Bell’s latest book even hit the shelves on March 15, it was already a source of heated debate.

Desert sand, urban gray and foliage green were much more familiar colors than green and gold for those who served in the U.S. Army before transitioning to life on a college campus.

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.”

Management Information Systems students are ready to become business leaders with the integrity to change the world. Because of their specific training and extracurricular experiences, students said they feel prepared to deal with serious situations with a level of honesty that seems to be missing in the business world today.