About 30 years ago, Trace Adkins — then a freshman walk-on football player at Louisiana Tech — developed a crush on his school’s all-American senior point guard, a scrappy young lady from Hammond, La. But he never got up the nerve to approach her, and eventually they went their separate ways. Adkins became a country […]
It’s no secret that many Baylor students meet their spouses during their years on campus. One such story proved to be the winner in Baylor Libraries’ “How do you love thee?” love story contest earlier this month. Contest entrants were asked to share their love story (Baylor or otherwise), with winners receiving nice prize packages […]
When Baylor faces important challenges — as it has in recent years on issues such as conference realignment and the Texas Equalization Grant (TEG) — it’s a blessing to know that we have advocates in the state legislature who are fighting on our behalf. As part of the February meeting of Baylor’s Board of Regents, […]
It’s a scene hard to imagine today, but on this weekend in 1922, hundreds of Baylor students (and even a few local alumni) threw caution to the wind and risked their lives on behalf of the university. Their actions kept the contents of the university’s entire library — including many of the school’s 75,000-plus books and […]
Last week, we shared news of the release of 2001 alumna Laura Cooksey’s debut album, Unshakeable. In less than 24 hours, the release reached No. 11 on iTunes for Christian/gospel albums. But as it turns out, that’s far from the only Baylor-related happening in the world of music. That same day saw two other BU-related […]
Former Baylor all-American Kelly Shoppach, now with the Boston Red Sox, is one of two Bears currently in the major leagues. But he hasn’t forgotten his roots. With spring training approaching, the BoSox catcher swung by Waco Tuesday to visit with his old team and take a few swings at Baylor Ballpark. “I love coming […]
For more than a year, Baylor leaders have been collecting and analyzing input from every part of the Baylor family in an effort to compile a new strategic plan for the university, aimed at building on the firm foundation laid over the past century and a half and highlighted by 10 years of unprecedented progress […]
As of a week ago, no player in Division I college basketball history — men’s or women’s — had ever tallied 2,000 career points and 500 career blocks. Not Tim Duncan. Not Shaquille O’Neal. Not Rebecca Lobo. Not Courtney Paris. Saturday against Kansas State, Baylor junior Brittney Griner became the first to accomplish that combination, […]
When you win the Heisman Trophy, you get to do some special things. Former Baylor quarterback (that’s a little weird to write) Robert Griffin III was invited by President Barack Obama to lead the closing prayer Thursday night at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Before beginning the prayer, RG3 gave a quick “sic […]
Baylor students with a love for performing arts have had a busy couple of weeks, as Baylor Opera Theater presented four shows of “Dido and Aeneas” last week and Baylor Theatre’s first show of the spring, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” is in the middle of its run right now. Directed by Eric Gibson, visiting […]
