Improving the sprinklers and the overall irrigation system across campus has been an ongoing project for the grounds department under facilities management.

In addition to Baylor’s newest physicist Dr. Marlan Scully this week, the university announced a new partnership with influential social theorist Dr. Jean Bethke Elshtain, who will give her first lecture today as a Baylor faculty member and visiting distinguished professor of religion and public life.

The Baylor community will have a chance to travel back in time and learn Thursday about the spiritual sparks that ignited the founding of Baylor.

A man was arrested Tuesday after his unruly behavior aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Kansas City compelled the flight crew to make an emergency landing in Texas.

Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain’s economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tuesday night, moving swiftly in a fiery campaign debate to blunt the former businessman’s unlikely rise in the race for the party’s nomination.

Baylor struck first — until the Horned Frogs put their foot on the gas and never let up. TCU QB Josh Hoover starred in a game marred by over two hours of lightning delays.

Baylor brought home a 3-1 conference win over Cincinnati Friday. The Bears clinched the win after losing an emphatic 30-28 third set.

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The nation’s capital feels half-awake. The marble monuments still gleam under the fall sun, but the museums that give them voice stand dark and locked. Tourists wander quiet streets where government offices sit empty—a city paused by a shutdown now stretching into its third week.

Baylor track and field athletes are trading competition for community this fall, leading a six-week youth running program through the national nonprofit Run Your City. The Waco chapter kicked off its first season Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 19 at Rice Field, with free sessions held Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m.

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