Professor of preaching Dr. Jared E. Alcántara has been named director of the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching, which prepares students at Truett Theological Seminary and offers continuing education for other pastors and ministers. In this role, Alcántara will help put to use a $1.25 million grant Baylor received to assist with the Compelling Preaching Initiative.
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With the exception of a proposition to increase the mandatory retirement age for state judges, Texans passed all proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot into law Tuesday. According to McLennan County elections administrator Jared Goldsmith, 538 people voted at the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center, which was a newly appointed voting site on Election Day.
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.
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas 17) announced his candidacy for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Friday. The House has gone about two weeks without the position filled.
Large pickup trucks can be an easy way to show off status, wealth and success. However, with their exorbitant fuel costs and significant environmental damage, these cars are not really worth the hassle.
Congress passed a stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The House and Senate signed the bill an hour before the deadline.
The Baylor football program has unintentionally created a culture that breeds apathy.
The Humane Society of Central Texas has nearly 200 dogs waiting to be fostered and provides resources to set foster applicants up for success. Brooke Farrell, the Humane Society’s director of development and public relations, said that while foster parents may only be taking one dog under their wing, they are doing an act of service for other dogs at the shelter by decreasing the number on the at-risk list and freeing up a crate.
Check out these activities to do during and after the first week of class.
Regardless of your opinion of Donald Trump or why he’s coming to Waco, a former president selecting our city as a campaign kickoff is a significant event we need to be aware of.
Judge Kacsmaryk is a federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2019. He will soon rule on the abortion pill and could temporarily halt over half the legal abortions in the United States.
The state Rep. said he cares about improving safety not only school-wide, but in individual classrooms after speaking with many teachers. Anderson said the classrooms must be a safe environment for learning and not places to discipline students.
Biden spoke extensively about bolstering the opportunities of children through K-12 education, stressing the importance of students being able to advance to college while being able to afford it.
On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a plan to ban TikTok across the state, and it’s a long-overdue move that will begin eradicating the most invasive social media platform from the app store.
Hosting the top team in the country, the Bears lost in four sets.
Baylor soccer takes on Kansas and Kansas State at home on Thursday and Sunday.
Many Bears were on the road this weekend, and with the “Go Gold” football game, it wasn’t easy to keep up with it all. Here is everything you may have missed.
Baylor soccer lost its home opener 2-0 against OU on Friday.
Baylor football has a unique history with each inner-conference school, so I ranked them one-through-nine in terms of rivalry with the green and gold.
In this piece, I begin my ranking of Baylor football’s biggest rivals among the Big 12 conference.
By Christina Soto | Broadcast Reporter Magnolia hosted its second annual “Silobration” Thursday through Saturday. The weekend was full of…
Baylor’s Interim President David Garland appointed Kristan Tucker as Baylor’s new Title IX coordinator Wednesday night following the resignation of…
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The Texas executive branch must prove its worth and the Lariat editorial board has some suggestions on how to make the most out of its time in higher office
A Texas judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power case against former Gov. Rick Perry on constitutional grounds, ruling that criminal charges against the possible 2016 presidential candidate should stand.
Republican Greg Abbott was sworn in Tuesday as Texas’ first new governor in more than 14 years, though he’s expected to keep the state’s conservative focus as he concentrates on border security, education and economic issues.
Big 12 Roundup: This weekend in college football
Two Texans, one White House. Is the 2016 Republican campaign trail big enough?
Senior offensive tackle Troy Baker and senior quarterback Bryce Petty are just two of many Baylor players that witnessed the tide turn in Waco. They have seen Baylor’s status change from ‘mediocre Big 12 member’ turn into ‘national championship potential.
The iconic but shuttered Houston Astrodome could come back to life as an indoor park that county officials say would be the world’s largest, according to the newest proposal for reusing the stadium and saving it from demolition.
