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For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown Monday at midnight after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation’s health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused.

As Congress gridlocked, Obama said a “shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people, right away,” with hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed and veterans’ centers, national parks, most of the space agency and other government operations shuttered.

After a 10-year hiatus, the Residential Community Council returns to campus as an advocate for residential students.

The student group votes on issues relevant to students in Baylor’s residence halls, while developing a greater sense of community between on-campus residential communities, including halls and colleges.

Damascus, Syria, freshmen Amjad Dabi and Andrey Mukasi miss certain aspects of their home, but they are quickly adjusting to American college culture and making the most of their indefinite stay in the U.S.

Dr. Bradley Bolen, lecturer in piano, met Dabi and Mukasi in the summer of 2010 through American Voices, a program that brings American music and culture to “nations emerging from conflict or isolation.” Since then, the three have stayed in contact, and when the civil war escalated, Bolen said he talked to the music department about bringing Dabi and Mukasi to the U.S., where they would be removed from the dangers of war.

7 p.m. Oct. 28 Waco Hall The alternative Christian rock band comes to Baylor with new music and the premiere…

Thursday through Oct. 12 Extraco Events Center The annual HOT Fair and Rodeo brings back the carnival rides, rodeo attractions…

The Office of Career and Professional Development will host a University-Wide Majors Fair from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Oct…

An interviewing workshop will be held at 5 p.m. today in 111 Cashion Academic Center. There will be pizza and…

When Orange County, Calif., freshman Ansley Bridges walked into an Ethiopian classroom at the age of 13 and saw students without school supplies, she knew she had to do something.

This experience six years ago was the spark that created an Ethiopian tutoring service that would transform lives.

The Baylor Alumni Association board members have a scheduled meeting on Saturday Oct. 5 on campus at the McMullen-Connally Faculty Center. Chad Wooten, BAA interim executive vice president, said the purpose of this meeting is to continue open discussion about the future of the BAA.

No votes will happen, Wooten said.

The documentary, “Tomlinson Hill,” a movie focused on race, social justice, and rural decline, will have a private screening for Baylor students at 6:30 p.m. on Monday in the Packard Lecture Hall in the Marrs McLean Science building.

“It shows the present-ness of the past,” said Dr. Stephen Sloan, the director of Baylor’s Institute for Oral History and a professor at Baylor. “There’s a quote that says, ‘The past is never past.’ The way in which these stories seem quite distant in the past – those themes and forces and trends are a thread that runs through to our present situation.”

Baylor safety and Waco senior Ahmad D. Dixon, 22, was arrested Thursday and charged with a Class A misdemeanor assault, according to a public release form by Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department.

Dixon’s arrest stemmed from the alleged assault of a 21-year-old male the night of Sept. 16, according to the press release. The unidentified man reported to Waco police officers on Sept. 17 that he was attacked while he was visiting his cousin at The Grove apartment complex, where Dixon also lives The assailant was playing video games inside the apartment where the victim’s cousin lives.

U.S. foreign policy failures and indifference to those who suffer for their religious convictions are the topic of discussion 3 p.m. Monday at Kayser Auditorium.

Dr. Thomas F. Farr, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, will talk to Baylor students and faculty about failures of U.S. foreign policy and what he called a “crisis of religious liberty.” He directs the Religious Freedom Project and the Program on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy at the Berkley Center.

With no Baylor football game to attend this weekend, students can spend their Saturday night at Common Grounds sipping coffee, listening to music and helping fight cancer.

Common Grounds will feature six local artists, including three Baylor students, at 8 p.m. to help Braden James Guess, a University of Texas at Austin sophomore.

The city of Waco is counting on area non-profits to help tally up the number of the people they assist.

The Heart of Texas Homelessness Management Information System is a database that local nonprofit assistance providers are using to keep their services data-informed.

With the completion of the MAP-Works program pilot year at Baylor, students and faculty are reaping the benefits through record-high retention rates and students expressing feelings of connectedness on campus.

Incoming freshmen and transfer students use MAP-Works, an online self-assessment tool that stands for “making achievement possible,” to analyze their strengths and weakness socially and in the classroom during their transition into university life.

After years of exasperating ethernet cables, the new age of Wi-Fi has finally arrived.

Pattie Orr, vice president for information technology, announced during the 61st Student Senate Legislative Session that wireless installation will begin this October.

TCU (1-2) vs. SMU (1-2)

The Horned Frogs have been inconsistent on both sides of the ball, ranking outside the top 50 in passing yards, rushing yards, points for, points against and total defense.

Luckily for TCU, this may be the game to turn things around. SMU is coming off a big loss to No. 10 Texas A&M in College Station. SMU barely sneaked by in a win against FCS opponent Montana State.

Tomlinson Hill, a documentary based in Marlin, will be screened and discussed from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, in the…

Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits is kicking it up a notch, as preparations are being made to move the shop to a newly renovated location just down the street on Austin Avenue.

Dichotomy is currently located at 712 Austin Ave. inside the Croft Art Gallery. In October it will move to 508 Austin Ave., where it will expand its services to being both a coffee bar and a bar that serves adult beverages.

Three weeks of Latin dances, community service and opportunities for cash prizes remain as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations on campus.

For the past three years, Baylor’s Hispanic Heritage Committee has coordinated 30 days of activities for students to embrace the culture and contributions of Hispanics.

In the corner office, on the highest floor of the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center building, the man Baylor law students call “the Godfather” stands looking out his window.

The panoramic view is striking. He can see the campus, the Brazos River and, across the river, the foundation for what will be the new Baylor stadium. How did he get to this pinnacle?

For Richmond senior Jolene Damoiseaux, a thesis was more than an Honors College requirement. Damoiseaux turned her thesis into Mothers On the Move, a program that provides pregnant women on the Nyakach plateau in Kenya with transportation to the Sigoti Health Centre.

Damoiseaux’s interest in medical research began her sophomore year in a research and design class taught by Dr. Lisa Baker, clinical faculty member in the Honors program, Damoiseaux said.

A glitzier, high-tech version of America’s $100 bill is rolling off the presses and headed for wallets soon.

Despite years of production-related delays, the updated $100 bill has undergone a major makeover that includes a color-changing ink well, 3-D security ribbon, and more texture on Benjamin Franklin’s collar.

Dr. Richard J. Mouw, distinguished professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary, will be presenting the Parchman…

The Union Board will host an Acoustic Cafe Comedy Night at 8 p.m. today in the SUB Den. Beverages and…

The image of a smiling Baylor student walking his or her canine hides the strenuous work that goes into raising a dog while also being in school.

While it is not necessarily easy to have a dog in college, testimonies from Baylor students suggest it can be rewarding. But before students rush into making a big decision, they should consider whether or not they are ready to take on this responsibility.

Some people think American media has a secular swing, often putting religion in a negative light. Religion reporter Sarah Pulliam Bailey explained why that is and how Christians can combat the negative stereotype.

Bailey, a national correspondent for Religion News Service and previous online editor for Christianity Today, discussed the state of religion reporting, the impact of digital media and social networking in religious journalism and how Christians can find a place in prominent news outlets.

By Trey Gregory Reporter Baylor’s NAACP club started its fall meetings to discuss their goals for the upcoming school school…

Kenya’s president proclaimed victory Tuesday over the terrorists who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security forces had “ashamed and defeated our attackers” following a bloody four-day siege in which dozens of civilians were killed.

President Uhuru Kenyatta said the dead included 61 civilians whose bodies have been recovered so far and six security forces, while some 175 were injured, including 62 who remain hospitalized.

This November, it will have been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and W.R. Poage Legislative Library is honoring Kennedy’s life and legacy with an exhibit that will last through May 2014.

The exhibit opened to the public on Sept. 3 on the first level of the library, featuring numerous artifacts and photographs relevant to Kennedy’s life. Ben Rogers, director of W.R. Poage Legislative Library, said the exhibit is divided into three sections: Kennedy’s life, his legacy and his assassination.