All bets are off in this year’s GOP nomination because of the lack of viable candidates.

It is always fun to see journalists get arrested for no particular reason unless, of course, you happen to be a reasonable person who likes enjoying liberty in America. If that is the case, you should probably be a little upset whenever this happens.

In case you missed it, several Baylor athletics teams helped keep the university in the national spotlight throughout last week.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles voted 8-0 last Thursday to reject personalized license plates featuring the Confederate flag.

Last weekend, Penn State University played its first football game in 46 years without Joe Paterno serving as head coach. Paterno was fired after a child sex abuse investigation involving one of his assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky, began last week.

In yesterday’s issue of the Lariat, a columnist wrote that people ought to be more forgiving of Gov. Rick Perry’s mistake in the recent debate. He suggested the elimination of three U.S. government departments but could not remember the third, eventually admitting he forgot and saying, “Oops.”

Some students’ dreams came true Wednesday night.

A Central Texas firearm safety instructor from Mason has stepped into the line of fire with his controversial viewpoints on who can learn how to use a handgun.

The Lariat has received letters and comments regarding the proposed Student Senate bill to be voted on today, and we agree with those who oppose it.

People across the country have had money and jobs snatched away from them within the last week, and there’s nothing they can do about it.

Students received a Campus Safety Alert email last week from the Baylor Police Department encouraging them to take precautions after a series of armed robberies occurred at the edge of campus in October.

With protesters popping up throughout the country and several parts of the world, the Occupy movement has made an impact. Although police reactions would beg to differ, it’s not something that should be taken too seriously.

Some students were left wondering if the Homecoming bonfire could be lit this year after wildfires and drought across the state left McLennan County under a burn ban. The tradition will continue, though, as Waco is an incorporated region and the ban applies only to unincorporated regions of the county.

On Oct. 21, President Barack Obama announced the end of the war in Iraq.

In the book “WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency,” Micah L. Sifry chronicles the history of the modern transparency movement, pointing out that it has had proponents and detractors on both sides of the aisle. That’s despite the fact that pretty much everyone can agree that a more transparent government is something that would benefit all members of society.

McLennan Community College offers “minimester” courses during the winter, but Baylor does not. That needs to change.

With a new rule banning all desserts in one elementary school, kids cannot have their cake and eat it too.

In the age of iPads, email and texting, there can be no question that the younger the generation, the more technologically savvy its members. As our culture becomes increasingly inundated by screens – TV screens, phone screens and computer screens – educators need to decide where to draw the line.

A day before this year’s Major League Baseball World Series began last week, four U.S. senators called on the league to make a radical change that would affect many players.

Playing in the sprinklers isn’t always so easy to avoid at Baylor, where plants and sidewalks alike are soaked on a routine basis.

Everyone knows that there are two sides to a story…except, evidently, The New York Times.

In our society, we hold others accountable for their actions, just or unjust. So why is it that abortions seem to bypass this responsibility?

Last week Baylor alumnus Garrett Golding wrote to the Lariat, voicing disappointment in the student body’s lack of attendance at home football games.

Baylor and McLennan Community College are pooling their resources in a way that we expect will be truly beneficial to future students.

On Sept. 17, protesters flooded the streets of New York’s financial district, joining together in opposition of greedy corporations and the social differences between the rich and the poor in America.

Baylor hasn’t seen anything like the Moonlight Madness event happening at the Ferrell Center this Friday since 2003. It should be fun for spectators and athletes alike, and it will give the university more national television exposure.

Who knew that cantaloupes could be the cause of 18 deaths and 100 illnesses in 20 states?

For a little while at the University of New Hampshire, coffee and soda were acceptable, but energy drinks were not.

Sure, times are changing. Some things aren’t what they used to be. But did you ever think that you’d see the day where the mail didn’t come on Saturday?

We’ve all heard the phrase that someone cannot have their cake and eat it too, but what about cupcakes?