Mentoring underprivileged kids in the Waco area proves rewarding and beneficial for professors and possibly Baylor students.

Byron Johnson, Co-Director and ISR Distinguished Professor, of Social Sciences, received the Lone Star Big Brother award on Jan. 30 for his service with Waco’s Big Brother Big Sister program.

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill that would make it more difficult to use unmanned aerial drones in Texas.

Terrill Republican Lance Gooden wants to make it illegal to use a drone to monitor private property without express permission or a search warrant.

CIA Director-designate John Brennan strongly defended anti-terror attacks by unmanned drones Thursday under close questioning at a protest-disrupted confirmation hearing. On a second controversial topic, he said that after years of reading classified intelligence reports, he still does not know if waterboarding has yielded useful information.

The scholarship hunting process for tuition valued at more than $43,000 a year can be a daunting task for students.

The first place Baylor students can look for scholarships is  the student financial services site, www.baylor.edu/sfs.