Browsing: Opinion

We are missing the entire point of why people resort to AI for love and empathy. We are too critical, we call them cringe and immediately resort to judgment when considering those who resort to Therabots for emotional support. We need to look deeper and have a desire to understand the root issue: this is a real dilemma and people are suffering.

This homecoming season, we are reminded of our ties to our Baylor community. Whether professors and advisers, or roommates and friends, the Baylor Bears seem to be especially tight-knit this time of year.

Mission trips challenge Christians to step out of their comfort zones, put their faith into action and lift their eyes beyond their home culture to see how God is at work in his bigger story among every tribe, tongue, and nation. I encourage you to prayerfully consider going on a short-term mission trip and experience how God can work through you.

The First Amendment is one of the most deliberated amendments in American politics. There seems to be a major issue, however: Freedom of speech only matters when we agree with what is being said.

Radicalism is on the rise on both the left and the right, with the DSA winning major primary elections and the right growing more extreme. Our country needs political moderation now more than ever.

Halloween is a unique time to lean into that spooky, scary feeling, and I don’t feel like we do that often or well enough. More emphasis should be placed on things like haunted houses, horror movies and scary decorations, and less on just playing dress up or going out to get candy.

Generation Z is incredibly intelligent, yet many Baylor students are letting their access to education go to waste and no one is saying anything about it. Baylor students seem concerningly comfortable with staying politically passive, educationally unaware and culturally illusioned.

Broadly, language teachers have been working to justify our profession and its importance to American students for decades. Since GoogleTranslate officially launched almost exactly 20 years ago, in April 2006, we have faced the same obstacles which all amount to the same question: why do we need to learn languages if computers can do it for us, especially when “everyone in the world speaks English”?

Democracy is designed to be boring sometimes, and that’s OK. The idea that every election from the past ten years, if not longer, would risk the end of our democracy isn’t true. Our democracy is slow moving, but strong. While every election isn’t the “most important ever,” the slow impact and build up from each election is worth our time, even without the threats of the end of the world.

One of the struggles of having so many fun events to attend is not knowing how to dress for all of them, and with the steep price of clothing, buying something new every time is not a feasible option for many students. This is why I was converted into being a fan of renting clothing.

One of the struggles of having so many fun events to attend is not knowing how to dress for all of them, and with the steep price of clothing, buying something new every time is not a feasible option for many students. This is why I was converted into being a fan of renting clothing.

As a proud preacher of the superiority of this sweet treat, I come to spread the milkshake gospel by ranking my top five Waco milkshake choices.

If you have no time for anything else, just take 20 minutes today and sit outdoors. If you have a porch or a balcony at home, sit there. If you do not, find a bench on campus and sit there for a bit before you head home. Your mind, mood and lungs will thank you.

The discourse around the new “Chronicles of Narnia” movie from director Greta Gerwig shows that Christians are wrongfully up in arms over something that is creative and meant to be unique

Kylie Jenner’s appearance on the Victoria’s Secret runway raised questions about celebrity influence, experience in the modeling industry and the values that have been expected when wearing something as significant and iconic as the fantasy bra.

The accessibility of violence, intentional and unintentional alike, should make us wonder: are Americans supposed to revel in bloodshed, let alone see it at this scale? Better yet, how many times have we heard stories where the violence doesn’t end with the initial crime?

Narcan should be carried everywhere. There should also be a law to have one ready at every public social gathering place, including bars, clubs, sit-down restaurants, all concerts big and small and even house parties.

The way Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron in Sally Rooney’s “Normal People” weave in and out of each other’s lives during their college years, as they each struggle through the growing pains of life, encapsulates beautifully how it feels to transition into adulthood.

Tips make up a majority of a waiter’s income. We should be kind to our service workers and tip them. This causes around 5.5 million United States workers to miss out on the income that they rely on.

What happened to our simple-minded foolishness? Where our biggest problem was our parents telling us to turn the T.V off because we had to go to bed or so we didn’t “rot our brains.”

Baylor’s Baptist affiliation seems to spark questions and opinions whenever anything remotely political happens in the community – and reasonably so. In order to respectfully challenge the university’s approach to contentious topics, however, we need to understand what the true mission of a Christian college student should be.

From endorsing candidates to encouraging voter participation, celebrities have become a part of American politics. While their platform can bring light to issues, their fame does not equal expertise. Celebrities can speak out, but the public should think for themselves.

There is an important question we should be addressing, one that keeps most of us up at night: the daunting question of “is this really what I want to be doing for the rest of my life?”

Technology is taking over the act of driving. As more technology becomes standardized in vehicles, driving will become less enjoyable and more distracted by another screen.

People have expressed emotions, told stories and documented history through art for years and years. It has a profound impact on mental well-being, and it strengthens community and brings people together. Oftentimes, these Creative Arts Experiences are put on by students or showcase their work, and participating in these events supports the student body in doing things they study and love.

Humans love nostalgia. This isn’t harmful, but it has continuously shifted creators away from original ideas and toward the same remakes and adaptations of stories that are tried and true. The issue is we’ve gotten to the point where we are retelling stories for the sake of retelling stories. It’s safe, it’s familiar and it will bring in the audience needed to make a profit.

I’ve always wondered what makes the line between a celebrity crush being cute and being strange. Regardless, I don’t think there should be a line at all. Celebrity crushes are healthy expressions that should be celebrated, not shunned.

There are some sentences that should never sound casual coming from the president of the United States, especially when they involve missiles, American cities and millions of lives.

Memes have gone beyond what their original purpose was. Today they are more than just jokes, they are tools used to psychologically manipulate us.

Sitting in history class, I learn about slave trades and brutal racism, but as I leave my seat and open social media, I see we are right back where we started. So many people are blind to the harsh truth of our world, and we can’t keep using an oasis to describe the dystopian earth we know.