Social networking in the workplace might not be such a bad thing, according to a recently published Baylor academic study.

The academic case-study, published in November, was co-written by two Baylor Professors and one current Washington State University lecturer.

It found that social networks had clear, positive benefits in the workplace.

The Baylor Alumni Association has confirmed that it plans to give a $1 million gift to Baylor University, the largest in BAA’s history.

On Jan. 26th, the vote came from the strategic planning committee that all funds had been finalized and that the BAA was to give the $1 million gift.

It wasn’t until Jeff Kilgore, vice president and CEO of the Baylor Alumni Association, made a call to the Waco Tribune – Herald on Friday that the committee’s decision went public.

A sociology professor from Baylor and his colleague from the University of Texas in San Antonio have found that children whose parents were both religious at the time of divorce were more likely to move away from organized religion if the parent with custody did not remarry.

Baylor’s Dr. Jeremy Uecker and Dr. Christopher Ellison of UT- San Antonio argue against previous studies which state that children of single parents are more likely to move away from religion than those with two parents, or that the effect of divorce on religious affiliation is overstated.

Another low-cost grocery store has arrived in Waco, and it’s not Walmart or H.E.B.

Aldi, a German discount grocery store, will be open for business Feb. 28 on the corner of Wooded Acres and Valley Mills drives.

According to their website, Aldi opened its first store in Germany in 1913 and came to the U.S. in 1976.