“OK, this time I’m not going to cry. I promise, promise, promise!” So goes my spiel each time the movie “Marley and Me” is popped into the DVD player. From 2008 to the present day, I have yet to watch the dog-book-turned-movie without ending up a blubbering mess of tears, tangled hair and snot on the floor.
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In the March 20th column “Let the students move down,” Anja Rosales argues that Baylor Athletics should allow students to sit courtside rather than the alumni and donors who pay to sit there. She says that the atmosphere would be better and more students would come to the games.
Baylor held its annual NFL Pro Day on Wednesday in Waco, and 18 former Baylor athletes performed in front of 36 NFL representatives.
Freshman Brian Hafferkamp focuses as he climbs the rock wall in the Student Life Center. Hafferkamp, along with five other Baylor students, participated in Outdoor Adventure’s Intro to Sports Climbing course. The participants learned how to safely climb in an outdoor environment and help other climbers.
A 21-year-old Baylor student sustained significant injuries Wednesday after being hit by a car driven by a 20-year-old student off of Fourth Street and Daughtrey Avenue.
Baylor has long been an institution characterized by success and record setting, and its fundraising initiatives are no exception.
Baylor football held its annual NFL Pro Day on Wednesday at the Simpson Athletic Complex and Allison Indoor Practice Facility. The football program hosted 36 representatives from 30 NFL teams.
Baylor women’s tennis fell 4-1 to former conference rival No. 7 Texas A&M Wednesday afternoon at Hurd Tennis Center on a windy, open sky day.
In room A156R Baylor Sciences Building, hundreds of mosquitoes feed on chicken blood and swarm around in mesh cages and larvae swim around nearby in large, plastic vats.
Good Friday will mark the 11th year Emily Mills has been ministering to an unsuspecting industry. She figured out exotic dancing isn’t just for men; it’s for showing the love of Jesus too.
Hey, Baylor Nation, let’s fill the Alamo City with green and gold! Oh, wait. We have class.
Friday’s NCAA first-round game against No. 11 Nebraska marks No. 6 Baylor’s fourth tournament appearance in seven years.
March Madness is about to be in full swing. With the performance the men’s team displayed throughout the final stretch of regular season play and the conference tournament, the No. 6 seed has Baylor Nation hyped up for the big dance.
Greg DeVries and Daniel Hill give you their picks for March Madness and discuss which teams are likely to rise above the rest.
Also on the podcast, a recap of the Big 12 Tournament and analysis of Baylor’s draw in the big dance. How will the Bears hold up in the West region?
Follow our hosts on Twitter @GregDeVries3000 and @D_Hill80 and follow the show @DFTBPodcast.
Over spring break, Baylor men’s tennis played four sets of games winning three of four matches against USC, UCLA, California and Illinois.
The Baylor women’s tennis team played three matches over the break, losing two of three against No. 3 UCLA, No. 10 USC and No. 15 Miami.
Baylor started 2-8 in Big 12 Conference play, but ended the season winning 10 of the last 12 games and making a run to the Big 12 Championship game.
Softball vs. Texas State and Baseball vs. Houston Baptist
Meteor showers, terrorism, pilot suicide, alien invasion — countless theories have surfaced surrounding the Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 that lost contact with air traffic controllers on March 8. The unexplained disappearance of this Boeing 777 aircraft, which was headed to Beijing, has dumbfounded both airline officials and the rest of the world.
Waco police took no bull Tuesday afternoon when a begrudged bovine ran through the neighborhood behind LaSalle Avenue in South Waco around 1:30 p.m.
For a while, Whitney Canion could do no wrong. The sixth-year senior pitcher has been one of the best pitchers in collegiate softball since arriving in Waco, including being named an All-American in 2011. On Tuesday at Getterman Stadium, Canion displayed complete dominance on the mound.
It all started with a $10 purchase of a domain name – paizlee.com. From there, Baylor alumnae Katie Henry and Emily Rawls built their online fashion site, Paizlee, and at 6 p.m. today in 403 Cashion Academic Center, they will be giving entrepreneurial advice on how they did it.
While most Baylor students spent their spring break outside Waco, Baylor baseball was still hard at work, facing multiple opponents over the week-long vacation from classes.
Members of the Baylor Alumni Association can expect to see the Baylor Line get back on the production horse sometime this spring.
Students wanting to bring their German shepherd or Doberman pinscher on campus for a game of fetch and walk through Fountain Mall may want to reconsider. According to risk management policy, these breeds are forbidden at Baylor.
Baylor entered the Big 12 Tournament as a seven seed, but with six minutes left in the championship game, the Bears looked ready to become an improbable Big 12 Conference tournament champion. The Bears came up just short, falling in the championship game 74-65 to No. 9 Iowa State on Saturday.
After a stellar regular season, winning a share of the conference title, and first place in the Big 12 championship tournament, the No. 5 Baylor Lady Bears have high hopes for the NCAA tournament.
Over the years, America’s education system has undergone changes to become fairer. The latest SAT tweaks reflect this effort but miss the mark.
David Coleman, the president of College Board, announced on March 5 that changes would be made to the SAT to make the test fairer for students.
There is an adage I find myself quoting often — “Laws matter so long as they are enforced” — and when I apply this sentiment to the current situation in the Crimea region of Ukraine I am appalled by the intrusion of Russian forces.
In a few short weeks, another senior class at Baylor will embark into the real world, with many accepting jobs as professionals in various fields around the country and world.
“Big data in a shrinking world” is the theme for the eighth annual Global Business Forum. Baylor alumnus Mark Hurd, president and board member of Oracle, will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday.
