Baylor – Bears – Fight!
10 days til football kicks off! Are you ready? Get pumped up with this video of a packed Floyd Casey Stadium crowd singing, cheering and chanting after a touchdown. Sic ’em, Bears!
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Baylor Signature Series Coffees benefit original campus in Independence
Considering Baylor’s long history in Waco, it’s easy to forget that the University actually started out over 100 miles south in Independence, Texas. In recent years, Baylor has become more involved in actively remembering and helping restore the University’s original site; incoming freshmen who go through Line Camp now visit Independence, and a new walking […]
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Time for a Spirit Check!
As we count down to Baylor football’s 2008 season opener, it’s time for a little spirit check. Does your spirit level match up to this Baylor Bear’s? Would you be willing to lead an entire restaurant in a “Sic ’em, Bears” chant? (Or, like my wife, to sing “That Good Old Baylor Line” over […]
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How Baylor minds could make Star Trek a reality
The new Star Trek movie doesn’t come out until next May, and of course it’s set far further in the future than that. But here in 2008, the Discovery Channel and Wired magazine each recently covered the work of two Baylor physicists who have outlined how warp drive — a faster-than-light engine that allowed interplanetary […]
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Baby bear shows Baylor spirit
Football season’s coming up quickly; Baylor’s season opener is three weeks from tomorrow! This little one is ready; are you? Sic ’em, baby bears!
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‘Almost unbelievable to comprehend the attention we received’ at Baylor
After we posted this letter last month from a parent pleased with her child’s Orientation experience, we received a similar letter from yet another parent. A few excerpts from her e-mail: “I read with great interest the letter regarding Orientation from a fellow incoming freshman parent and simply want to echo nearly every word she […]
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J.P. Stapp: ‘fastest man on Earth’ — and quotable alum
I’m a sucker for strange stories, but stay with me on this one… I stumbled across this story just the other day, about “the fastest man on Earth,” John Paul Stapp — who just happens to be a Baylor grad (BA ’31, MA ’32). In the 1940s and ’50s, Stapp was an Air Force colonel […]
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‘Personal attention and genuine care’ highlight Baylor Orientation
I have some fond memories of my freshman orientation at Baylor, so it was good to read this letter from an alum (who happens to be the parent of an incoming freshman) who writes about what an incredible experience she and her son enjoyed at Orientation last month. Dear Baylor Family, We have just arrived […]
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From spelling bees to Scrabble
I was never all that great at spelling bees. I still remember the last one I participated in, and the word I misspelled — “diagonal.” I added an extra letter in there somewhere, and quickly took my seat with the rest of the students who had struggled with similar challenges. Orry Swift probably never had […]
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Looking back on a record-setting 2007-08 school year
The Baptist Standard ran a nice wrap-up last week of Baylor’s significant developments and achievements from 2007-08. Among the year’s highlights: * Welcoming the most academically qualified freshman class in school history; * Jumping six spots to No. 75 in the U.S. News rankings, Baylor’s best-ever mark; * Adding 15 new faculty positions and 31 […]