Zionsville, Ind., junior Cole Chapman knows how to save money. His company, College Cardboard, is being nationally recognized in the College Entrepreneurs Organization spring newsletter. Chapman developed College Cardboard, a company that sells cardboard boxes to students on move-out day for a low price and then delivers them to students’ doors.
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Schools are meant to educate, but according to the Health Resources and Services Administration, they are also the most common setting for bullying.
Baylor celebrated the 19th annual International World Water Day on Tuesday by limiting its water usage.
Anti-abortion advocates all over the world, including students and groups on Baylor campus, are using the 40 days of Lent to participate in the 40 Days for Life campaign.
Visitors attempting to access the Baylor Lariat’s website Tuesday morning were greeted with a message saying the site was temporarily down after a huge influx of traffic from a user’s post on the social news website Reddit.
Funds for the President’s Scholarship Initiative recently surpassed the $20 million level. The initiative was publicly announced in September and is slated for completion in May 2013.
In the developing world, electricity is a rare thing. The efforts of Brian Thomas, senior lecturer of electrical and computer engineering, Richard Hansen, founder and CEO of Soluz, Inc., and Megan Rapp, a U.N. consultant and graduate student of Columbia University, are helping move these struggling countries towards sustainability by presenting various potential solutions to the energy deficit.
While jobs in many career fields are getting scarce, the need for teachers has only increased. That’s why alternative teaching certification programs are an option for students who are interested in teaching and have at least a bachelor’s degree.
Stage lights will shine on artists such as Chris Tomlin, Kristin Stanfill and the David Crowder Band as thousands of college students gather with eyes closed and hands raised to worship together starting April 1. They will hear Louie Giglio, John Piper and Francis Chan speak and will gather in small groups. What they will experience is no average church service or concert, however, as the weekend is defined by one word: Passion.
Baylor alumnus Dr. Jerry Haag has been named vice president for university development, ending a national search begun in the fall to fill the position. He will begin work at Baylor on April 18.
There is some information that can never be unlearned. This is how Ron Soodalter, co-author of “The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today,” described the realization of slavery in America.
After the recent disasters in Japan, several of Baylor’s exchange students found themselves facing the challenges of truly comprehending what had happened in their homelands and trying to find ways to help from afar.
Baylor’s Xi Sigma chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity members, who serve as mentors to Waco youth, hope to expand their mentoring relationships by also having mentors of their own among Baylor faculty and staff.
Baylor students attending the first workshop for the I Heart Me Campaign last Thursday, learned about self-worth and how to express an agape love not only for themselves but for everyone around them.
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Vice Provost of Research will sponsor a presentation Thursday featuring distinguished evolutionary biologist, geneticist and former Dominican priest Dr. Francisco J. Ayala.
A short recap of Salsa Fest 2011
Student Senate voted on several issues that included funding for Relay for Life to increasing the number of printers in the Baylor Sciences Building.
The Greater Waco Chamber and the Small Business Development Center Network hosted a roundtable discussion Wednesday about how Waco-based businesses can become more active in international business expansion and local job creation.
As 2010 Baylor alumna Jennifer Rader stood in her kitchen making Ramen noodles for lunch on March 11, her apartment building in Sendai, Japan, started to shake with the tremors of the country’s most violent recorded earthquake to date. She turned off the gas to her stove and, as the shaking worsened, decided to open her door so that if the building shifted it wouldn’t get stuck. But it wouldn’t budge.
The influence of small groups on congregants’ commitment and participation, particularly in large congregations, was the topic of a recent study conducted by Baylor researchers.
St. Patrick’s Day was greener than usual as hundreds of patrons flocked to Cameron Park Zoo for animals, beautiful weather and a sustainability-themed event.
Dr. Kevin Jackson, vice president for student life, is expected to come to an official decision today on whether to grant a charter to a group promoting discussion of issues pertaining to gay and lesbian students, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Eight Baylor students used their spring break to develop their careers by attending the 13th Annual National Collegiate Sales Competition hosted by Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga.
Imagine entering the Ferrell Center on a Saturday evening for a huge conference rivalry game. Immediately upon arrival, an array of sounds, smells, chants and music engulf the fans as they find their way to their seats. The thrill of competition and battle between rivalries lie just ahead on the court.
A bill that would require public universities to allow concealed-carry license holders to bring handguns onto public university campuses is now one step away from consideration on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives.
The words spring break bring to mind different things for different people. For two Baylor students, this spring break meant a return visit to the earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged areas of Chile.
Baylor’s School of Social Work celebrated its new location in downtown Waco with an open house on Wednesday.
Another of Baylor’s teams is national championship tournament bound, but unlike the Lady Bears basketball team, this team is flying under the radar.
https://vimeo.com/21140722 Margie Phelps, of the Westboro Baptist Church, answers questions from attendees at the College Media Advisers’ 2011 spring college…
Within 48 hours of running away from home, one in three young girls are at risk for human trafficking. Slavery seems to be a forgotten struggle. But as members of Baylor’s International Justice Mission and other students discovered during their spring break mission trip in Houston, sex trafficking brings human slavery to a reality.
