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Trannie Stevens always had her eye on partnering with Uproar Records. Now, she grew up in Waco, and the freshman has watched the student-run record label on Baylor’s campus since its early beginnings a few years ago.

Leaders of the Big 12 Conference cleared the way Thursday to add TCU, a move that would bring in a rising program and potentially shore up a league that seemed ready to fall apart just a few weeks ago.

A Baylor student did not suffer serious injuries after being hit by a car Wednesday outside of the Dutton Avenue parking garage.

Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

“Dream House” was an interesting twist on the old idea of “it’s all in the protagonist’s head.” Several films have played with this idea and come up with varying versions, most recently “Black Swan,” but “Dream House” is set apart from all of these films by the order of its story line.

The Sexual Assault Work Team and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. held a presentation in Kayser Auditorium Wednesday night to warn students about abuse and sexual assault. Natashia Doolittle, a representative from the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children, spoke about the necessity of open discussion, citing the statistic that one in four women and one in 33 men will be sexually assaulted during their college years.

Two experts sparred Tuesday over the proper definition of marriage before an audience of more than 100 people, debating whether homosexual couples should be granted state marriage licenses and the relationship between marriage and parenting.

The Texas Rangers are headed back to the AL championship series, thanks to a power surge by Adrian Beltre that few players in major league history have matched.

One thing is for certain: Every student during his or her college career wonders what comes after the “party” of college, if adulthood is really the definitive “hangover,” and what measures will be required to stay sane in the workplace. Those at least seem to be the final graduation thoughts of three fresh-out-of-college roommates now working together at a telemarketing firm in Comedy Central’s television show “Workaholics.”

WAXAHACHIE— Fire engulfed a Waxahachie chemical-mixing facility Monday, destroying the complex and emitting a cloud of smoke that could be seen clearly on the horizon more than 60 miles away in Waco.

I am hardly the most knowledgeable person in the world when it comes to baseball. I’m also not the world’s greatest statistical analyst. So, knowing that it’s all about baseball statistics, why would I possibly want to read Michael Lewis’ book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game”?

Saturday’s game against Kansas State should have looked very familiar for Baylor football. There was a late lead lost in the fourth quarter. Junior quarterback Robert Griffin III and senior receiver Kendall Wright were both putting up ridiculous numbers.

WAXAHACHIE — An enormous fire engulfed a Waxahachie chemical-mixing facility on Monday, destroying the complex and emitting a cloud of smoke that could be seen clearly on the horizon more than 60 miles away in Waco.

The Bears open Big 12 play on the road against a tough Kansas State squad.

The National Association for College Admission Counseling released a report this week calling into question the criteria used by U.S. News and World Report, a magazine widely known for its annual ranking of America’s best colleges.

In a game where there figures to be some bad blood, the Bears (9-2-1) will host the Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-3-1) at 7 p.m. today at Betty Lou Mays Field. The Bears are eager to play the Red Raiders, as memories from the day they played Texas Tech in Lubbock last year loom.