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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.

Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana. For Church, For Texas. The office of External Vice President upholds this foundation precept of Baylor University like no other. And I believe there is no better candidate to fill this role than Hunter Walker.

Baylor offers several dining options for students to choose from, with each location bringing something different to the table. Here is my ranking of the four dining halls.

All that I have seen these bears do is walk in circles or pace back and forth. The bears, as far as I have seen, exhibit behaviors contradictory to how they are described as being in the wild.

TikTok has become a space for creators to express themselves creatively and dive into their passions headfirst, with strangers from across the globe cheering them on. Being a part of a creator’s journey to success, or finding an account that shares a passion or hobby with you is unbeatable and is definitely not confined to one cookie-cutter type of person.

From learning the hard way time and again, take it from me. These few “secrets” might just be your saving grace.

As Student Government elections begin Thursday morning, the Lariat’s Editorial Board has made the decision to endorse Zach Tufenkjian in the race for next year’s external vice president.

Baylor dining dollars are only able to be used at limited on campus locations. Baylor should expand this to off-campus restaurants as well.

Many students who prefer hitting the snooze button and logging onto Zoom in sweatpants while relaxing in bed are about to face a harsh reality this coming fall when classes resume mostly in person.

As a dancer, I’m constantly looking for clothes to suit my active lifestyle. I’ve tried activewear from every brand out there, and I keep coming back to Lululemon. Price tags aside, Lululemon is worth the investment if you are wanting to look and feel your best as you take on the day ahead.

Why have our stalwart defenders of humanity and justice now fallen away? Could it possibly be because a Democrat is president?

Dolly Parton isn’t a self-proclaimed feminist, but her work ethic and actions say otherwise.

Baylor’s men’s club soccer team is already very competitive, putting in two-hour practices three times a week and playing big named schools, but without the scholarships.

The SAT and ACT have many drawbacks that may actually leave good candidates outside the gates of our great university.

Lil Nas X is a person people look up to and respect. His influence can sway many people’s perceptions and opinions. So by glorifying Satan with the “Satan Shoes” and by directing a hateful message towards Christians, he is causing many others to feel intolerance towards Christians as well.

My dad reminisces about a time when young men and women would move away from home, not to follow an unshakable four-year plan, but to explore all that an institution of higher learning had to offer.

Let’s raise our voices and name the new field house after the two people that established Baylor as a basketball school and cemented Baylor’s name on the top of NCAA brackets for years to come. Scott Drew and Kim Mulkey have given their all to this great school, now let us show them what they mean to us.

Another week in the United States when mass shootings were in the headlines has come and gone. By now, the media has moved on to other subjects, and most of us probably haven’t lost much sleep over the prominence of gun violence.

With the Ever Given freed from the Suez Canal, it’s worth noting how much different this felt from all the other recent global crises. This one felt almost… refreshing?

It is important to have a plan and goals, but also important that those plans are not concrete. You should be flexible in your endeavors.

It is still our duty to love and care for the people around us by continuing to wear our mask until everyone who wants a vaccine has had one.

The commission did a great job overall of recommending solutions. There’s no doubt in that. But the commission handled different areas of campus differently, and what it was given didn’t encompass the whole discussion.

Whether you are tailgating before a football game or waiting in line for a country concert, boots are the essential shoe for Texans.

I would often have to censor myself, believing that if I seemed to be “too conservative,” I would be ostracized by many in the class.

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.

My motto is Carpe Diem. I seize the day by not saving outfits for special occasions, but instead by expressing myself through my wardrobe and wearing lots of pink.

Every woman has a story. It doesn’t matter how extreme, every woman has felt unsafe at one point in their life because of a man.

Popular music has been steadily declining in quality. The lack of creativity among chart-topping music has been getting worse as production, and recording is becoming more bottlenecked into only a few styles.

We have the accommodations in place. Simply do not take them away from those who need them. To do so would be catastrophic for the progress that has been made.

As a hurting but empowered community, we call on Baylor to better recognize and provide spaces for the AAPI community. We want justice, and we need it yesterday.