If you see more of your cellphone screen on your way to class than people on the sidewalk or approaching cars on the street, you might have a problem.
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Science and the media don’t always see eye to eye.
I’m lucky enough to understand both sides of the whole media versus research battle. Scientists don’t always like journalists because they assert that journalists never get it right. Journalists are frustrated with scientists because they can’t seem to explain their research in an understandable way half the time, and the other half of the time, the scientists won’t talk to journalists. Maybe this is just a student journalist problem.
The Halloween season, to me, is synonymous with monsters, eerie music and a just little bit of blood.
While countless horror fanatics pop in a classic for a good scare, I slowed down to examine why and how horror film changes from decade to decade. In my research, I discovered that the horror culture indirectly reflects the time and society in which it occurs.
Dr. John Gordon Melton has studied many religious themes ranging from new and alternative religions to occultism.
Since the early ’90s, however, one nontraditional topic in particular has sparked his interests — vampires.
The university announced at the beginning of Baylor 2012 that it wants to reach Tier One status, which according to the Carnegie Classification system includes being classified as a Very High Research University.
I am a firm believer that education happens just as much outside of the classroom as it happens within a classroom.
In college, the average student spends probably three to four hours in class a day. That leaves 20 hours a day where we’re left to our own devices.
Of course we have to eat, sleep and study, but those 20 or so hours also include the amount of time we spend on extracurriculars.
In the 10 years since the university adopted an ambitious new vision outlined in the “Baylor 2012” initiative, the university’s new capital investments in research and residential facilities have coincided with consistent annual increases in the cost of a Baylor education.
