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Donors can now put their marksmanship skills to the test at an upcoming clay shooting competition to raise funds for student scholarships in Baylor’s business and engineering schools.

The Baylor Alumni Network is hosting the second annual Baylor Top Shot Clay Shooting Competition. The charity competition’s proceeds will go toward student scholarship funds in the Hankamer School of Business and the Rogers School of Engineering. The competition takes place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 6 and will be hosted at Walker Harman Ranch 3502 Rosenthal Parkway in Lorena.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman who donated an egg to her lesbian partner has parental rights to the child and ordered a lower court to work out custody, child support and visitation arrangements.

The case involves two women, identified only by their initials, who had a child together. One donated an egg that was fertilized and implanted in the other, who gave birth in 2004.

In an effort to educate students about AIDS, the Students Interested in Global Health Today officers are conducting an entire AIDS series.

SIGHT is selling AIDS ribbons at 4 p.m. today in the Alexander Reading Room. For a dollar, students can purchase a small red ribbon to wear on World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1.

Two Baylor students from the interior design program have found a way to use their own academic and financial resources to fulfill their passion for international missions.

Bradenton, Fla., senior Ariel Pecoraro and Granbury senior Kelsi Cathey have partnered to form a tax-deductible organization called My Child Ministries.

Representatives from the Texas business and education communities said congress could do more to help veterans find employment.

Wednesday, Baylor hosted a field hearing for the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economist Opportunity to discuss the different educational and economic opportunities Texas provides for veterans and how they can do more.

Whether getting tickets or apparel in preparation for Baylor football games, procrastination is no longer an option.

Tickets for the game are sold out, and all student tickets have been claimed.

According to a Baylor Athletics press release, Floyd Casey Stadium could be the host of a crowd nearing 51,000.

The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the appropriate role for religion in government in a case involving mainly Christian prayers at the start of a New York town’s council meetings.

The justices began their day with the marshal’s customary plea that “God save the United States and this honorable court.” They then plunged into a lively give-and-take that highlighted the sensitive nature of offering religious invocations in public proceedings that don’t appeal to everyone and governments’ efforts to police the practice.

Baylor is set to celebrate diversity on campus Monday by participating in International Education Week.

Baylor’s Center for International Education will host events on campus and invites everyone to participate.

The first event will start at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Mayborn Museum Special Exhibit Room with the Baylor Roundtable International Thanksgiving Dinner for international students, which is the main event of the night. During the day, other events will occur, such as a Baylor in China interest session and Caribbean food will be served at Brooks Dining Hall.

Thursday through Sunday Extraco Events Center This huge annual book sale offers 110,000 books, DVDs, CDs and videos for cheap…

7 p.m. Nov. 14 SBC Theater Mayborn Museum Complex Sponsored by the Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the 2013…

Astronaut Joe Acaba has been all over the world and to outer space and back. His life has taken him from college to the Marine Corps, to the Peace Corps, to NASA.

On Wednesday, Acaba brought his experience and knowledge to Baylor students in a broadcast interview from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The interview was broadcast at multiple universities across the southwest. Students who came to Moody Memorial Library were able to ask Acaba questions about the Peace Corps and his other experiences.

By Kristin Burns Reporter Baylor’s Interfraternity Council is turning “No Shave November” into an opportunity to increase awareness about men’s…

By Ada Zhang Staff Writer The Delta Epsilon Psi fraternity brothers are hosting their seventh annual Who’s Got Game basketball…

By Ada Zhang Staff Writer The Baylor Alumni Association appointed ten new BAA members to its board of directors at…

By Claire Cameron Reporter Baylor is ranked number 16 in the top 100 social media colleges in the United States…

By Shelby Leonard Reporter The best of show yearbook goes to the Baylor University Round Up. The Round Up’s 2012-2013…

In the month of November, things can get a little hairy.

For a multitude of reasons, participants of No Shave November are choosing to let their facial hair grow for an entire month.

Food stamp benefits were cut more than 47 million Americans Friday as Congress failed to renew temporary funding under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.

With the holiday season approaching, food banks across Waco are making plans to meet the growing needs of the community with a special emphasis on food insecurity, which refers to availability of food and one’s access to it.

Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday positioned their state to become the largest in the heartland to allow gay marriage, finally pushing the measure through the House after months of arduous lobbying in President Barack Obama’s home state.

Under the legalization measure, which the state House approved 61-54 before sending it on to the Senate for technical changes, gay weddings could be held in Illinois starting in June. The bill heads next to Gov. Pat Quinn, who has pledged to sign it, though it wasn’t immediately clear when.

At a magnitude not reached in recent years, Baylor will honor those who have served in the military with a Veterans Day ceremony. From 5 to 6 p.m. Monday at the Bill Daniel Student Center Bowl, the Baylor and Waco community will come together to pay homage and learn about veterans’ service.

The ceremony, sponsored by Veterans of Baylor, Veteran Education & Transition Services (VETS), and Baylor Army & Air Force ROTC, is intended to explain what Veterans Day is, how it came to be and why it is important, said Seattle junior Bryan Solis, public affairs officer for Veterans of Baylor and Marine Corps veteran. The event is free and open to the public.

Nov. 22 on campus Formerly The David Crowder Band, The Digital Age will perform songs from its debut album, “Evening:Morning,”…

Through Nov. 14 Martin Museum of Art Johnston’s quilts on display depict the beauty of Nevada’s natural scenery in the…

TCU and Baylor have taken their rivalry to a new level as they compete to see whose young alumni will donate the most money between Oct. 25 and Nov. 22.

Alumni who have graduated between 2003 and 2012 are encouraged to donate to their alma mater. The first university to have 10 percent of young alumni participate wins the competition. In Baylor’s case, 2,700 participants are needed.

Texans approved dedicating $2 billion to the state water plan on Tuesday, while Houston residents re-elected their mayor and rejected a plan to renovate the Astrodome in the first statewide election where officials checked voters’ photo IDs.

Early voting was nearly double what it was two years ago, prompting Republican officials to declare that concerns about the voter ID requirement were overblown.

Baylor Latin Dance Society is hosting a dance party at 9 p.m. Monday in Russell Gym. Students can learn salsa,…

The Fall Festival is at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Burleson Quadrangle. Student Foundation is hosting pumpkin carving, a showing of…

It takes a lot more to care for a North American black bear than water and a little sunlight.

Mascots Lady and Joy’s current habitat, the Bill & Eva Williams Bear Habitat, is a registered United States Department of Agriculture Class C zoo, though Baylor’s bear care hasn’t always met today’s care standards.

He is a talented athlete, a Cartoon Network fanatic, and now, Temple junior Lache Seastrunk shows the public yet another facet of his personality — his heart.

Seastrunk can be seen wearing his wristband that says “Molly” both on and off the field.

He said he never takes it off.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined for now to jump back into the long-running legal fight over abortion, but a flood of new state restrictions has increased the chances that the issue soon will be back before the justices.

The court stepped back from a dispute over a now-nullified Oklahoma law to limit drug-induced abortions.

Baylor campus is to house its first congressional hearing to explore the various economic opportunities available to veterans in Texas.

U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, chairman of the House of Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee on economic opportunity, is holding the hearing.

The hearing is titled “Texas’ Innovative Approaches to Jobs and Employment for Veterans.”