Thursday’s snowstorm that swept through Texas and dumped up to 7 inches of snow in some places and caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled throughout the state. All flights out of the Waco Regional Airport were cut, putting spring break plans for some students on hold.
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A car caught fire sometime before 8 a.m. Wednesday morning on the third floor of a parking garage near the Baylor Social Work Building on Washington Ave. A passerby noticed some steam coming from a Buick Regal as the woman left her car to go to the offices where she worked on the third floor. Someone called the Waco Fire Department at 8:07 a.m. and the firefighters arrived at the scene 57 seconds after the call.
Renowned lawyer and prisoners’ rights activist Bryan Stevenson wants Baylor students to change the world. Last night, Stevenson spoke to students about injustice of America’s criminal justice system and his work as the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative at a lecture hosted by the Academy for Leader Development in Waco Hall which has brought six speakers to campus.
Author and criminal justice reform advocate Bryan Stevenson will speak at the Academy Lecture Series at 6 p.m. today in Waco Hall. The series is hosted by The Academy for Leader Development and aims to attract speakers who can attest to the needs a leader must meet in today’s society.
Though one would struggle to find evidence of persecution of Christians on Baylor’s campus, students and researchers can visit the archives of the Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society to learn what living in a society without religious freedom is like. The center holds thousands of books, journals, documents and testimonies on the persecution of churches and religious expression in former communist countries, mostly in the former USSR.
President and Chancellor Ken Starr announced the appointment of Dr. Todd D. Still as Dean of George W. Truett Theological Seminary on Wednesday Feb. 25. Still will begin his term as dean June 1.
Macarena Hernandez, professor of journalism, public relations, and new media, presented a documentary screening of “A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at the New York Times,” which depicts a plagiarism scandal, Thursday evening in the Marrs-McLean Science Building.
The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society will host a lecture about religious and political issues in Russia Thursday at the Michael Bordeaux Research Center as part of the biannual Keston Institute board meeting.
Baylor alumna Julie Prater discovered unexpectedly she was pregnant with her second child in the summer of 2014. Eight weeks into her pregnancy, Prater had her first full-body seizure while tending to her screaming son. Family and friends are hosting an auction to raise money for Julie Prater, who was diagnosed with a stage four brain tumor last summer.
Student Senate unanimously approved a bill to increase the number of security cameras on Baylor’s campus on Thursday. The bill was introduced by McKinney freshman Senator Jessica Porter at last week’s senate meeting.
The demolition of a state-designated historic home near Baylor may have violated the state’s government code, said Chris Florance, director of communications at the Texas Historical Commission.
Dr. Ryan King, biology department graduate program director, will counsel the Scenic River Joint Study Committee, which will finalize the phosphorous level of Oklahoma’s scenic rivers, a central point of numerous legal battles between Oklahoma and Arkansas.
By Rachel Leland Staff Writer The Baylor Debate Team will host a public debate about the controversial topic of marijuana…
An unknown factor triggered a fire that destroyed a Waco man’s garage. Waco Police responded to a call regarding a fire at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday night at the 2500 block of Robinson Dr.
Old age and an injury caused The Baylor Riding Association to retire the 25-year-old horse Sweetie months before her scheduled retiring date at the end of this semester.
Thursday night Two Olympic athletes inspired students with stories of endurance and teamwork. Deloitte, one of the world’s largest professional service firms that assists both companies and individuals with tax audits, brought the two Olympians to Baylor as part of a recruiting event.
The McLennan County representatives voted unanimously in favor of a new rural transit system Thursday evening at the McLennan County Courthouse.