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A slip of the tongue lead to the wrong winner to be announced at this year’s Stompfest competition on Friday.

Out of the three groups in the independent category, the Asian Students Association was announced winners while the Baylor Transfer Council were given the award of Audience Favorite.

First Lady Alice Starr kicked off the sixth annual Walk for Autism on Fountain Mall on Sunday by announcing a partnership between Baylor and Scott and White Healthcare.

The partnership would create a diagnostic clinic dedicated to recognizing the onset of intellectual disabilities.

A documentary screening hosted by the School of Education has sparked a discussion among students about global education and inequality.

The screening of “Girl Rising” was at 3:30 p.m. Monday Kayser Auditorium, which was filled to near capacity.

As Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady, left her marks on many parts of the world — including Baylor.

In a statement released Monday, President Ken Starr recalled his relationship with the woman he described as “the U.K’s second greatest prime minister of the 20th Century.” According to Starr, after meeting Thatcher in 1998, they developed a personal relationship.

Secretary of State John Kerry worked Monday to corral Israeli and Palestinian leaders into a new and ambitious peace process that includes reviving parts of a long-dormant plan embraced by the Arab world a decade ago, officials said.

The 2002 initiative that Kerry wants to revive parts of would have provided Israel recognition throughout the Arab world in exchange for a pullout from territory conquered in 1967.

In Texas, where attempts to expand gay rights have run into strong opposition from Republican leaders, state lawmakers are considering new legal protections for sexually active gay teens.

Sexual contact between minors under the age of 17 is a crime of indecency under Texas law. But a “Romeo and Juliet” defense protects teen couples from prosecution as long as they are in a consensual relationship, both over 14 and within three years of age of each other.

Students can come see anthropology meet health sciences this afternoon.

Assistant professor of anthropology candidate Carla Pezzia’s lecture, “Faces We See, Hearts We Do Not Know: Intersubjectivity, Mental Health, and Environment amongst the Kaqchikel Maya,” combines public health and anthropological approaches to analyze indigenous populations.

A proposed constitutional referendum to allow casino gambling in Texas got a boost Monday when a Dallas-area senator announced that interest groups had united behind a measure he introduced at the Texas Legislature.

Republican Sen. John Carona said that big casinos and race tracks had agreed to support his proposed constitutional amendment. If approved by lawmakers and voters, it would allow 21 casinos statewide and create a gambling commission.

A project under way at the Waco Police Department could better arm responding officers with crucial information before arriving at a crime scene, upping the odds that a suspect will be caught quickly and improving safety for officers and residents, authorities say.

Administrators in the department are evaluating the costs and benefits of creating a Real Time Crime Center. The centers have been established in several metropolitan cities through the years, including Boston, New York, Houston and Austin.

Love her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain.

The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation — breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state industries at a record pace. She left behind a leaner government and more prosperous nation by the time a mutiny ousted her from No. 10 Downing Street.

Zeta Tau Alpha won Stompfest 2013, beating out six other contenders for the title. This is the fourth year in a row Zeta Tau Alpha has won Stompfest.

Man’s best friend is priceless. But a dog gone is worth nothing in Texas.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that bereaved dog owners can’t sue for emotional damages when someone else is to blame for the death of a pet. A Fort Worth family had challenged the law after an animal shelter mistakenly euthanized their Labrador retriever in 2009.

Texas A&M students who want more religious freedoms, or who don’t support a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Resource Center, have many hurdles to clear before they can pocket their dollars.

The Texas A&M student senate late Wednesday voted 35-28 to pass a bill aimed at letting students opt out of funding the center, or other university services, based on religious grounds. Instead, students could keep the money that would traditionally go to organizations to which they object.

The Department of Multicultural Affairs will host the Multicultural Student Leadership Summit to help prepare students to engage in culture…

Recycling norms on campus will be shattered. Glass recycling is coming to Baylor.

All buildings certified in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) on campus and Moody Memorial Library will have the ability to recycle glass.

Eleven countries in 11 months — this is the reality for one Baylor student this fall.

Chicago sophomore Marissa Hyland is taking a year off from Baylor to go on an 11 month mission trip. She will spend her would-be junior year participating in the World Race, a program under the organization Adventures in Missions.

A plan to train armed teachers for gunfights in classrooms or at campus sporting events or board meetings won approval Thursday from the Texas Senate Education Committee and now heads to the full chamber.

Texas already allows teachers and other school personnel who have previously been certified to carry concealed weapons to do so in classrooms with the permission of their local school districts. The bill’s sponsor, Houston Republican Sen. Dan Patrick, said only three school boards statewide currently allow that, but others have authorization pending.

The Starbucks in the Dutton parking garage will close at the end of the spring semester.

“Unfortunately, it was not economically sustainable,” said Lori Fogleman, director of media communications.

Opening a final chapter to one of the most important civil rights episodes in American history, Alabama lawmakers voted Thursday to allow posthumous pardons for the “Scottsboro Boys”: nine black teens who were wrongly convicted of raping two white women more than 80 years ago.

Through the continued partnership of the Heart of Texas Autism Network and members of the Baylor community, the sixth annual Walk for Autism will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on Fountain Mall.

The Heart of Texas Autism Network is a non-profit organization established six years ago by a Waco support group for parents with children who have autism spectrum disorders.
The network has worked closely with Baylor, specifically the Baylor Autism Resource Center, since its formation.

The war begins Monday, when eleven sororities will compete against each other in hopes of winning $250 for the winner’s philanthropy of choice. The week-long competition, known as War of the Roses, is sponsored by Pi Kappa Phi fraternity to raise money for Push America and the Arc of McLennan County. Both organizations aim to increase volunteerism and fundraising to help people with disabilities.

Harnessing the power of social media in a job search could make finding the best fitting career incredibly simple.

Baylor’s Center for Career and Professional Development hosted Ryanne Janca, a talent acquisition specialist with Enterprise Holdings, during one of its professional development sessions for students Thursday.

Students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to join the Baylor community today to support cancer research and education.

The 6th Annual Relay for Life runs from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday on Baylor campus at Fountain Mall.

Registration for the Sports Ministry lunch is open through April 12. The free lunch is open to all students interested…

Students were given the opportunity to speak up on Wednesday night at a Student Government town hall meeting. Attendees voiced opinions and concerns about building projects such as Baylor Stadium, the new business hall, and South Russell renovations.

A Baylor senior is joining an elite group of students who received one of the highest honors in collegiate science.

Tiffany Huang, a Fishers, Ind., senior, received an honorable mention from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program in recognition of her pursuance of engineering research.

A Montana federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama.

U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull had previously announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but he informed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that he now intends to fully retire May 3.

Whether you know it or not, you play a vital role in market research almost every day of your life.

Professionals from two marketing research firms, Decision Analyst and Research Now, discussed their understanding of marketing research as well as how to get a foot in the door for employment, with a group of Baylor students during the professional development program’s final First Wednesday event of the semester.

After two Texas prosecutors were slain in two months, law enforcement agencies across the state are considering steps to better protect attorneys who go after violent criminals, including providing round-the-clock security details and withholding personal information from public records.

One recent Wendy’s customer wanted a lot more than a Baconator.

At 11 p.m. Tuesday night, the suspect, described as a man wearing dark clothing, a hoodie and apparently holding a gun, entered the Wendy’s on 5th st. near Baylor and demanded money from the manager. Shortly later he left with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to Sgt. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department.