Seventy years ago in the fall of 1954, the dream that was Tidwell Bible Building came to fruition and was completed. Since then, thousands upon thousands of students have made their way through the building’s halls and classrooms, becoming a part of Baylor’s long legacy of scholars.
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What started out as an available job on campus working at the Texas Collection eventually turned into a passion and kickstarted the career of a 1984 Baylor alumnus. Alan Lefever is director of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection and has served there for 33 years as the director. Before that, he was a student employee for six years at Baylor, working for the Texas Collection a total of 39 years.
“With the the images of Austin Avenue, it made Waco realize that Austin Avenue has so much great potential and because it was the main thoroughfare in the city of Waco at one time, it could be that again,” Hunt said.
On Jan. 22, 1927, a tragic bus-train collision near Round Rock took the lives of ten Baylor basketball players. These young men were more than just athletes; they were cherished members of the Baylor community.
“If history wants to remember the first official homecoming game in college football, all the evidence suggests this was it,” the article stated.
“If Trump loses this election, then I think it’ll prove that perhaps we’re not in a Trump era and that it may have just been a fluke,” D’Ambrosio said. “If he wins this election, though, I think that he’ll solidify himself as a very consequential figure, if not the most consequential figure of this century to date.”
“Get out your clay or your chainsaw. Make an herb garden of someone you believe should be tributed. My book is my tribute to these women,” Wiesner Hanks said.
In 1894, when a young Baylor student was sexually assaulted in the university president’s backyard, she was referred to as “that Brazilian girl.” Today, the name Antônia Teixeira is a symbol of resilience in the face of the institutional oppression which Baylor played a regrettable role in, according to a lecture in the Baylor Libraries Author Series.
Historic Waco Executive Director Erik Swanson said the plot of the mystery was based on the night that Bonnie Parker helped Clyde Barrow escape from McLennan County Jail in 1930.
For 1,000 years, Boethius’ book — “The Consolation of Philosophy” — was the second most-read book in the world behind the Bible since his death in A.D. 524, Murray said. However, in the past few centuries, fewer and fewer people have read it, and as a result, fewer people remember who Boethius was.
“You may ask yourself, ‘What is the history that matters?’” Sloan said. “I would say it’s the history that’s across from you. My hope is that you will put people across from you that are quite different from you and seek to understand and learn from their experience.”
“If you’re doing a research paper and you want to see the perspective of a Baylor student from the 1800s or you want to read through newspapers of Waco in the 1910s, you’ll find those in those collections,” Ames said.
The event is a place for students to meet others and connect with cultural organizations on campus — with the added plus of free food, music and a cultural showcase. Throughout Mosaic Week, each ethnic group represented will have a night to put on a welcome fair and show off their campus coalition.
For about the last six months, Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian groups have been at war along the Gaza Strip. As tensions have ebbed and flowed, it’s been sad to watch the destruction and devastation — but what about the stories we don’t see in nearby countries?
All in all, exploring new places such as the United Kingdom has opened my eyes to the beauty of cultural norms and lifestyle choices other than our own and has left me with a newfound appreciation for them. There is truly something so special about watching firsthand the ins and outs of a different culture. I wish that everyone could have this same opportunity, so that they too might learn to find beauty in a culture and lifestyle other than their own.
Greco-Roman classics may be ancient, but they find their place in modernity through Eta Sigma Phi — an honor society that hosts specialty lectures, classics-inspired activities and community events.
“It’s a relationship, not a religion.” Or at least, so say the Christians of Generation Z, who are attempting to paint their faith in a less legalistic light than their predecessors. However, pretending to be a nonreligious Christian is disingenuous and oxymoronic.
From the birth of the Christian church to Barbie, women’s stories span across all of history — and the research of two Baylor professors is starting to fill in the gaps.
Like any and all heritage months, Women’s History Month gets the same criticism. People often express the idea that Women’s History Month excludes men, but it’s time we realized that this month is for all of us — an opportunity to reflect on our history and grow from it together.
If our parents refuse to change, we must understand why their decision is their decision. Before taking any action, it’s important for us to have compassion for our parents and understand them through a cultural and historical lens.
Think twice before purchasing animal products at H-E-B. You will not only benefit your physical health but also help save animals and the planet, according to the new four-part series on Netflix, “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment.”
With the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Memorial to Enslaved Persons set to take place in late February, Dr. Todd Copeland gave insights on the lives of Ann Freeman — a slave believed to have served the university’s namesake, Judge R.E.B. Baylor — as well as other slaves throughout the university’s early history.
What do ancient Greek figures such as Phaethon and Arachne have to do with us today, and why should we pay attention to the lessons they learned? These are the questions that Emmy-nominated film producer and Baylor professor SJ Murray seeks to answer in her newly-founded nonprofit, “The Greats Story Lab.”
It’s time to bury the idea that the common way of shortening the word Christmas as Xmas is somehow offensive. This way of spelling Christmas does not have secular roots as many suggest, and it does not take Christ out of Christmas.
November marks the start of Native American Heritage Month — a period dedicated to the recognition and appreciation of Indigenous contributions to art, culture and history as the first inhabitants of the nation. Recently, Baylor has made efforts to foster relationships with surrounding tribes.
When it comes to telling a historical story, especially one about clandestine murders and marginalized groups, audiences must put trust in the director’s research. “Killers of the Flower Moon” does not let audiences down.
Baylor Homecoming originated almost 114 years ago on Nov. 24, 1909. According to Elizabeth Rivera, university archivist of The Texas Collection, the tradition exists thanks to then-President Samuel Palmer Brooks, who created the nation’s oldest homecoming as a way to inspire the community and reunite alumni.
“When a piece of cultural heritage goes missing, we all suffer. It’s a loss for all of us,” Wittman said. “And so, these pieces represent, some of the genius of civilization, and as a result, it was always important to me to get the material back before even arresting anybody.”
“You know, it’s not every day that we get a chance to rededicate a street,” Cooper III said. “And our prayer is that of the hundreds of people who will drive this way, pass by this sign, will look up and say, ‘Who was this man?'”
Death tolls continue to rise in Israel and Palestine after Hamas — the governing Palestinian body in the Gaza Strip — launched a surprise attack on Israel Saturday. In retaliation, Israel sent air strikes to the Gaza Strip Monday.
