The $100 million President’s Scholarship Initiative, which President Ken Starr announced Sept. 15, 2010, is nearing the end of its three-year collection period. It is set to end May 2013.

The initiative focuses on making a Baylor education more affordable to more students. So far, $52.5 million of the target $100 million has been raised.

A college education opens doors — in this case, doors to other countries.

Baylor offers study abroad and foreign exchange programs to challenge students to further their education both inside and out of the classroom.

There is a dilemma here at Baylor. Yes, it is one of many, but this one in particular will only get worse the longer it is ignored. Every year shows an increase in student enrollment and the addition of classes to accommodate this rise in numbers. However, the allotted amount of Pawprints per student, which is 400, stays the same.

international students wandered onto Baylor’s campus for the very first time for their first class at their first American university.

And we thought freshman year was intimidating.

These 220 students are composed of abroad exchange students, graduate students and even freshmen embarking on their four years of an undergraduate experience in a new country. In a matter of 48 hours, these students were introduced to fried food, the word “y’all” and Texas heat.