Search Results

McLane family gift launches move toward new Baylor football stadium

…some of a European-style soccer arena — has folks all over the country ooh-ing and ahh-ing. (CBS Sports said it might be “one of the most spectacular stadiums in the country,” NBC called it “breathtaking,” and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football could only say “Whoa.”) Many Baylor fans are already making plans to tailgate by boat (sail-gating?) on the banks of the Brazos adjacent to the stadium. The name of the new facility — “Baylor Stadium,” chosen…

Baylor Lady Bears named NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed

…oad to the Final Four t-shirts 1 and 2 || Lady Bears commemorative book pre-order] No single player can carry a team this far, and the Lady Bears are much more than just a one-person team. But it does help to have a star like Brittney Griner. ESPN.com already named the 6-foot-8 junior its National Player of the Year; Griner has also won back-to-back Big 12 Player of the Year honors and back-to-back Big 12 tournament MVP honors. That’s why ESPN ded…

Baylor alum settling in on the PGA Tour

Congratulations are in order for former Baylor men’s golf all-American Jimmy Walker, now a veteran on the PGA Tour. Walker tied Sergio Garcia for fourth at the Northern Trust Open over the weekend, finishing in the top 10 for the third time in six events in 2012. After earning all-Big 12 honors all four years at Baylor, Walker turned pro in 2001 and was named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year in 2004, earning his PGA Tour card in the process. A…

Media coverage of Baylor Libraries ‘Browning Letters’ project draws thousands of eyes to Baylor

…ert Browning, owned and housed at Wellesley, are now available for viewing online (along with some 800+ other Browning letters owned by BU) through Baylor Libraries’ digital collection. An Associated Press story on the project was carried by more than 400 media outlets worldwide, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post (with a great video), CBS News, ABC News, NPR, CBC-TV (Canada), The Guardian (UK) and th…

How Carroll Library attests to the bravery of Baylor students almost a century ago

…ated crowd of 20,000 students and Waco residents watched as it took two-and-a-half hours to put out the flame; it would be another year before the heavily damaged building was rebuilt. [SEE: The original Baylor Lariat account of the fire || Texas Collection photos of the fire and its aftermath] Chapel services never returned to Carroll Library, moving first to a temporary construction and then to the newly built Waco Hall when it opened in 1930. I…

Final call issued for Baylor family’s input on new strategic plan

…aculty/staff, parents and friends of the university — are encouraged to go online and share any final thoughts on the plan between now and the end of March. [READ & RESPOND: Click here to review the draft of Baylor’s new strategic plan and to share feedback before the March 31 deadline.] Baylor administrators, led by Provost Elizabeth Davis, BBA ’84, will review any feedback received and make last-minute tweaks to the plan in time to present it to…

New York Times recruits Baylor journalism major to write for website

…northwest of Fort Worth), is not the only Bear to have found such success online. For instance, Jason King, BA ’97, is a national college basketball columnist for ESPN.com, and recent graduate Ashley Killough, BA ’09, covers politics for CNN’s “Political Ticker” blog. “This is all the journalism experience I have; my high school was too small to have a newspaper,” says Pirtle. “I never imagined that I would be contributing to the Times while at B…

Baylor named among 14 colleges ‘leading the way’ for gluten-free students

…colleges “leading the way” in “going above and beyond” in providing gluten-free options. The report notes that Baylor offers a wide range of of gluten-free menu options, and menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner at each dining hall are posted online at dining.baylor.edu, along with nutritional facts for many of each meal’s offerings. That allows students with special dietary needs — not just gluten-free, but those with conditions requiring certai…

Baylor pets show off their best ‘sic ’ems’

…7kZ1NfJI BUemily04’s dog adds David Crowder’s “Rise Up” to the mix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TBbB133l4M In fact, once you start looking for it, there seem to be plenty of dogs out there that want to be Bears. (See also these videos from baylorsicem, @KatieBethLamb and @lonny0907.) To me, however, the most impressive of them all (given the finicky nature of cats) remains equusbeth’s Turkish Van, Orbit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAVRXe4j…

Student movement: ‘I’d rather have a Proverbs 31 woman than a Victoria’s Secret model’

…e word began to spread. [WATCH: KXXV Channel 25’s story on Live31] A follow-up YouTube video has gathered more than 200,000 views in a little over a month. The group’s Facebook page has 13,000+ likes, and the @Live31Movement Twitter account has 1,500+ followers as men and women from all over the world have voiced their agreement with the group’s message: promoting virtue over surface beauty in a woman, and encouraging men to seek such character in…