I woke up two Sundays ago with tears in my eyes while my fearful heart asked God, “Do I have to?”

At last Thursday’s Student Senate meeting, the Senate voted to recommend renovating five university dorms – Collins, Penland, North Russell, South Russell and Martin. While the plans aren’t final, they will likely call for adding additional student lounge and study spaces, improving bathrooms, replacing floors and ceilings and improving the technological capacities of the residence halls. The plan would be implemented over the next 15 to 20 years.

Let me start out by saying that I am a rampant parking violator.

Any Dallas Independent School District teacher who ever said there weren’t enough hours in the day probably didn’t want to gain extra time the way it was assigned at a Jan. 26 school board meeting.

“I recently read an editorial in The Baylor Lariat supporting my recent actions against the Transportation Security Authority. I am glad to see editorial support in defense of the individual against the overreaching state. I also enjoyed the cartoon that accompanied this editorial.”

My sister being here at Baylor during my freshman year was a God-sent; I leaned on her for a lot of things.