The President’s Scholarship Initiative has reached $43 million and is on track to reach its goal of $100 million by May 2013, Ali Abercrombie, assistant vice president and campaign director, said.

A Baylor administrator announced plans are in the works to refurbish five of the university’s residence halls over a 15- to 20-year period at Thursday’s Student Senate meeting.

Whitney Hand and her Oklahoma teammates tried to find ways to avoid Brittney Griner. They also tried to go right at Baylor’s towering superstar.

Transportation officials on Thursday signed off on a faster speed limit of 75 mph for about 1,500 miles of Texas highways.