As I graduate and apply to medical schools this May, I am confidently going into my future recognizing that I have not only maximized my chances of earning an acceptance to medical school, but I have ultimately prepared myself to solve the problems of the world.
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There are many topics that well-meaning Christians from both sides disagree on. But one of the most universal beliefs amongst Christians is that witchcraft is not something to mess with.
As a distinguished institution of higher education, it is imperative that we uphold the recognition and preservation of the rights of our students. However, I recently learned that the due process rights of our student organizations have been overlooked for an extended period.
International students are an asset to the local and global community through their studies and contributions. However, they need to be welcomed into the community and shown care in order to thrive.
At Baylor, the Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office exists to engage in these issues of sexual and interpersonal misconduct with care and integrity. We take very seriously our role to actively shape a conscientious community where members are valued, empowered, recognized and supported.
While I cannot speak to Baylor’s historic reasoning for maintaining compulsory chapel, as director for chapel, I can tell you how we seek to exercise its value to Baylor students and our community.
There is honest and healthy debate to be had about Israeli politics and the path toward permanent peace in the region. But Hamas wants to play no role in that discussion. Hamas wants nothing but the death of the Jewish people. They have said so for years, and this Simchat Torah we watched in horror as they sought to make good on their word.
It’s no wonder news of S.686 swept the Baylor campus and the country at large as people began to dub it the TikTok Ban Bill. However, while taking away everyone’s favorite short-form video platform is noteworthy in its own right, it is a gross oversimplification of a bill that stands to threaten all of our civil rights.
Undoubtedly, my hope is to encourage you to vote in the elections on April 13 and 14, yet even more so my heart is to empower you to consider running for a position as well.
While this day has been a source of controversy in recent years, to ignore it altogether is to erase an important event in world history and to devalue the devastating consequences that it had on an entire people group.
Yesterday, an article was published about Mexican food in Waco but then proceeded to mention a handful of places well within the Baylor bubble. Articles like this continue to further the stereotype that Waco has nothing to offer Baylor students, when even a cursory Google search would have pulled up an incredible number of local Mexican places.
While there have been a small number of poorly advertised opportunities to learn more about Native peoples and culture, there is so much more that the university could and should be doing to educate its citizenry. Native American Heritage Month presents an excellent opportunity to provide events, displays, webpages and banners, social media items and more that would make everyone aware of the many valuable contributions made by Native Americans to this university and their vibrant culture that still exists today.
In the diversity assignment that all students and faculty have to complete, LGBT was not mentioned in any way, shape or form even once. This school does not care about us, and it constantly proves that.
I have two children ages 3 years and 16 months who are, because of their ages, unable to get vaccinated. Bluntly, those who refuse the vaccine are putting my children at risk.
Editor’s note: the following Lariat Letters were both written in response to last week’s article regarding Baylor’s denial of health care dependency status to same-sex spouses of employees.
The report from the Commission on Historic Campus Representation begins in a frank, startling reveal about the founders’ personal ownership of slaves. The report ends with recommendations that are just as strikingly anemic.
Displaced students should’ve been worried about regaining power or fixing substantial water damage, yet they’ve had studies dominating their mind, concerned instruction would begin the following day.
My first plea is to today’s student body to learn to listen to one another, to understand, and to empathize.
Public comments like those made by the guest lecturer promote and sustain that culture of intolerance, hatred and ultimately violence.
We are inspired to redouble our efforts to make true that honorable mission at the heart of the University, to take action on behalf of the world.
I was disappointed to see The Lariat’s article on Dr. Crenshaw last Monday. But I was proud to see the Lariat’s unequivocal statement of apology on Thursday.
To me, Black history is a course about superheroes; and how saturated this month is with melanin brings me to tears, but those tears are bittersweet.
By Veronica Bonifacio Penales | Sophomore Senator; President – College Democrats of Baylor This week, a Baylor lecturer who will…
Dr. Nancy Brickhouse | ProvostDuring the past week, the Baylor University community has been drawn into a conversation — and,…
History professor Dr. Julie Anne Sweet writes about Baylor’s shortcomings in recognizing Native American heritage.
A Lariat Letter in response to a previously published column regarding Black Lives Matter
By Lauren Gassel | ContributorOn April 20, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp held a press conference announcing his plans to open…
I’m a bit of a Baylor nerd. I sometimes imagine myself being at convocation as Samuel Palmer Brooks Immortal Message…
Each Senator is allowed to write a 500-word opinion within a week of any bill being voted on by the…
By Meg Peck | ContributorOn Wednesday, progressive Christian author, poet and storyteller Kaitlin Curtice spoke during Baylor’s chapel.As a multiracial…