Starting tomorrow, campus will be nearly empty as students take a week off for spring break. At the risk of…
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Imprisonment as it is understood today has been used to control criminal activity for thousands of years. This system has…
As of Friday, Feb. 17, Baylor student regents now have a voting say in university matters, along with other previously…
It seems that each week, another presidential action makes the news: from his extensive use of executive actions to his…
Young adults today have been dubbed the painkiller generation, as named by Andrew Gregory in his article “Painkiller generation,” a…
For many students out there, the work day begins way before class: You check your phone as soon as you…
Many of us place celebrities and artists on a pedestal — put posters in our room, we constantly check on…
In the two weeks since its original posting, the student-produced video titled “The Baylor We Know” has had 8,317 views,…
Baylor’s Title IX office has made a number of very public mistakes over the course of the past year. Its…
Scroll through Yik Yak and you’ll find posts rolling through the feed reading, “America has rejected their kind,” and “whiny,…
When one thinks of the term “mental health,” a million psychological definitions come to mind. The stigma surrounding mental illness…
The current state of foster care in the United States is not acceptable. Children are distraught, forgotten and mistreated by…
Presidential children have always been in the media’s eye. From Jenna and Barbara Bush’s DUI drama in June 2001 to…
Well into the his third week in office, President Donald Trump and his administration have been in a continual state…
Dear Baylor Board of Regents, We understand you will be gathering soon for your February executive meeting. The Lariat wishes…
In his heart-rending Holocaust memoir “Night,” Elie Wiesel discusses at length the importance of remembering injustice. “To forget the dead…
When we think back to some of our earliest and most influential role models, thoughts of kind-hearted teachers often come…
Living a healthy lifestyle in college can be difficult. Many of us rush from one activity to the next and…
We’ve heard about it since he announced his candidacy in 2015: President Donald Trump wants to build a wall. A…
Authors of dystopian novels across the globe were proven wrong last week when, in the face of controversial government decisions,…
There are many forms of media bias. Some can be detected easily by the clear use of opinion or the…
Concluding a contentious election cycle, President Donald Trump was finally sworn into office last Friday in Washington. The nation —…
Many students were put on edge during the first few days of the new semester, as multiple reports surfaced of…
At last the time is here — business mogul and reality TV star Donald J. Trump is going to be…
When you drive across the Texas border, a welcome sign reads: “Drive friendly – the Texas way.” Living in Waco,…
At the end of each year, Oxford Dictionaries selects a word that the editors feel is the best summation of…
New year, new me — That’s what we always say, isn’t it? When that Times Square ball drops each year,…
December is finally here, and with it comes the whirlwind of the Christmas countdown, the drop in temperatures and the…
Plato wrote “To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose…
You recently announced that you will not be releasing past minutes from your quarterly meetings. Individuals such as John Eddie…
