Browsing: Opinion

Working in retail allows you to grow as a person and learn more about others. Additionally, you can learn life lessons for future careers.

Podcasts are meant to have concrete, meaningful purposes, and just because making a podcast is easy doesn’t mean everyone should sit down to record one. If you feel like you have unique experiences or an eccentric interest to share with the world — and if you are willing to put in significant time, effort and planning — go for it. If you don’t, though, join me in the audience and learn to be content with sitting back and watching the success of others.

In today’s modern world, dating has adapted to allow faster communication and more connections. It’s not embarrassing to want to meet new people, so why not utilize the technology to do so?

However, when a group project is set up correctly and you aren’t paired with the worst classmates ever, group work can be amazing. And honestly, I believe group projects are far superior to individual work.

If you’re in the Baylor bubble, you know Diadeloso is the best holiday of the year. That is, unless you’re stuck inside Moody Memorial Library trying to catch up from the last nine weeks, your professor still assigned homework, or even worse, you have an exam the day after. That is not what Diadeloso is about. Where did we go wrong?

After the student body’s historic vote last week to restructure the Senate, I no longer have to wonder. But we still need one last piece to bring it all together: you.

As registration for the upcoming fall semester rolls around, be aware of the tempting idea to take fewer classes — it’s not all that it seems.

As students at a Christian university, and people of moral character, we must be aware of what is happening around the world.

When I hear my peers talking about the traits they have, positive or negative, I often hear them say something along the lines of, “It’s just how I am. I’m a Leo. I can’t change my nature.” I have to laugh — humans aren’t scorpions in a Navajo fable. Everyone can change their nature.

What’s better than one dog? Two — for you and your furry friend.

Take a step back and then a closer look. You don’t need to be informed on every little thing, but be sure when your time comes to take a stand, you can back up what you’re screaming.

Moody Memorial Library is a place full of constant buzz, whether it’s people drinking caffeine or just people catching up. However, with all the busyness, Moody should really think about adding more food options.

The first week back from spring break always feels like a punch in the gut. Between the healing sunburn, ongoing midterms and the skipping forward an hour into the future, students are having a rough week. However, there may be some good news found deep in the cracks as daylight saving has the potential to become permanent.

There is a common fallacy that is used regularly stating there is no such thing as bad artwork; I respectfully and wholeheartedly disagree. To those who believe there is no such thing as “good” or “bad” art, respectfully, you’re a fool.

In the midst of the chaos of college, studying and day-to-day life, it’s crucial to spend time without your phone to benefit your mental health. Taking a personal break from all socials and phone use means going off the grid — something that should be seen in a more positive light.

BIC is also made up of people from all different majors, backgrounds and ethnicities. I’ve learned so much about what other people’s experiences are like simply due to how they identify. This diversity isn’t common at Baylor, but in the BIC, it’s celebrated and more common than in the average classroom.

The argument that one version of anime is better than the other is a hill on which many people are willing to die. If you are one of those people, I suggest that you find another hill because you’re wasting your time.

I believe that knowledge, skills and virtues can still be obtained without required courses. Obviously, I know that Baylor or other universities would never discontinue requiring general education courses, but the system should be altered for a student’s interests, not the university’s pocket.

Last weekend, I saw “The Batman.” There were many things I liked and a few things that I didn’t, but overall, I thought it was a very solid film. It was refreshing and unlike many superhero movies I have seen recently. It was a beautifully shot, thrilling, story-focused film that did justice to its source material. Best of all, it wasn’t a part of an already-established cinematic universe and wasn’t preoccupied with trying to set up future films.

I have zero doubt that there are more wheels in the world, and I believe that talking about how there are more wheels than doors is bringing more people together than if this debate had never come up.

There is art in words. Making someone so sad that they lie in bed for days, not wanting to do anything but go back to when their favorite character was happy, requires skill.

If the end goal of having students attend CAEs is to enrich them in the arts, then every student should have to attend CAEs.

Baylor’s Chapel Online format provides little room for spiritual growth and community among students.

Being able to take an unpaid internship is a privilege that many young adults do not have. Not being supported financially by parents leaves many entry-level workers choosing between experience and providing for themselves.

Happiness is built on habits, and before you can find joy in exercise, you have to have the dedication to push through the initial phase of low motivation, poor stamina, sore legs and general exhaustion.

Fish are fun, so imagine them in your dorm room in your first year on campus.

Humor is a powerful tool. It allows people in challenging times to cope with difficult circumstances, but it can also be used to degrade and diminish. After the Feb. 22 Russian invasion of Ukraine, social media was at once hit with memes centered around the possibility of World War III, the military draft, Russians and Ukrainians and other related scenarios. In response, many people have fired back at the creators of these memes with a question: Is this not in poor taste?

As prices increase, is it worth keeping Netflix as a streaming service?

I sincerely hope that for everyone going back home, this break is actually a break and not an overwhelming load of emotions and situations you hopefully didn’t have to go through this semester.

Pushing through difficult times is just as important as having the courage to say no to something, but sometimes quitting isn’t the answer. Part of the process is persevering through the hard times to get to a better time.