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

Time management is possibly one of the most important things a college student has to learn. There are so many distractions on and off campus.

Being a fan of a particular sports team can be exciting and fun. But there are also times when a fan has to endure heartbreak. In my case, being from Houston, I root for the Texans, Rockets and the Astros. While not one of these teams is the top moneymaker in the sports markets like the Dallas teams (yes, I’m including the Rangers in this conversation), being a fan of Houston sports brings me a lot of great memories, good and bad.

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

Last spring, with friends graduating, career fairs buzzing, summer camps interviewing for counselors and friendly Baylor emails flashing hints that eventually I would have to face [gasp] “the future,” I started getting the heebie-jeebies.

The NFL had a number of close games this weekend, but one game in particular had some more drama than others.

When I went home for fall break, the first thing my dad said to me was, “Jack Black is in a PG movie.” At first I laughed, thinking he meant “Kung Fu Panda,” but then my younger sister chimed in with, “You mean the one with Steve Martin.”

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

It can be easy to think you’re not a writer, especially if you cringe at any sort of writing assignment and have absolutely no desire to write that next great American novel that everyone’s always talking about. And even if you do believe you’re a writer, it can be easy to think you’re not a good one— between writer’s block and merciless editors, the talent can often feel elusive.

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

I’m not going to make a joke about pizza here because I’m really, really tired of everyone else making the same stupid jokes. So I’m just going to say what needs to be said.

The bear trail: a feat that many take on with many motives.

Whether or not McMenamin is right about the reality of a Kraken, the Kraken has a very real history in a very unlikely place: fiction.

Want to watch something horrifying without Krakens?

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

As the semester moves by and midterms approach, it is inevitably that time of year where students are packed in the hallways surrounded by mounds of 15-pound textbooks and enough papers to have wiped out an entire forest.

“Kids dancing in crazy outfits to music that editorial page editors don’t understand aren’t automatically evil.”

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.

Few places on Earth are quite like this one. You walk into a lively atmosphere and are greeted with smiles from all around. You will notice the cleanliness and high-quality maintenance that has been performed. And oh, that smell. The sweet smell of deliciousness roaming through the air that lovingly finds its way into your nostrils as you contemplate which heavenly goodness off the menu your body shall consume this time.

After a historic 108 year athletic rivalry, the Baylor Bears and the Aggie football teams will face off for potentially the last time.

Current students – get your act together. It was simply embarrassing to see Floyd Casey Stadium last Saturday night on national television. For the past two decades, the Case was a place known for weeping and gnashing of teeth. We now have a winning team with star talent that is gaining national attention and favor.

In one of the most bizarre events to happen this year, a warehouse full of weapons being used in Brad Pitt’s upcoming Zombie film “World War Z,” was raided by a SWAT team in Budapest.

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.

If you’re vegan, vegetarian, gluten-intolerant or just love organic and natural food, there are not many options to buy foods that fit your diet.

Two Fridays ago, my two best friends, Jonathan and Xavier, and I had lunch plans at Collins Cafeteria. Before heading over, I called both to make sure we were still on for lunch. Neither of them answered.

In the hours following the announcement of Steve Jobs’ death, I was amazed by how many people quickly posted the news on Facebook, expressing their own variations on how much of a loss this was to the world.

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.

Reports show that the 2011 Super Bowl was the most-watched television program in American history with around 111 million people watching.

A few words about Rick Perry’s rock. This would be the one at the entrance to a remote Texas hunting ground used by Perry for decades, the one painted with the name of the camp: “Niggerhead.”