{"id":20443,"date":"2017-10-30T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=20443"},"modified":"2017-10-30T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:33:13","slug":"alumnae-from-1974-98-at-last-get-to-run-the-baylor-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/10\/alumnae-from-1974-98-at-last-get-to-run-the-baylor-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnae from 1974-98 at last get to run the Baylor Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20444\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bp-baylor-alumnae-line-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bp-baylor-alumnae-line-run.jpg 2736w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bp-baylor-alumnae-line-run-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bp-baylor-alumnae-line-run-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bp-baylor-alumnae-line-run-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/08\/what-is-the-baylor-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baylor Line<\/a> was founded back in 1970, it was a spirit organization for first-year men, who formed a human tunnel on the field at Floyd Casey Stadium to welcome the football team. It wasn\u2019t until 1994 that it became a co-ed organization, leaving a generation of alumnae who were never able participate in one of Baylor\u2019s most cherished and unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/about\/index.php?id=88779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, those women finally got the chance they were never offered as students. The university <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AbsH4ZsKgwQ\">invited all alumnae<\/a> who were freshmen from 1970-94 (graduating between 1974-98) to participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/students\/gameday\/index.php?id=944898\">a ceremonial running of the Baylor Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E0JvBc6kE5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you might imagine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E0JvBc6kE5g\">the participants were ECSTATIC<\/a>. Each alumna who participated got her own jersey with her class year and nickname, just as today\u2019s first-year students do.\u00a0More than 800 women joined in the run, and even more who couldn&#8217;t make it ordered their own jersey.\u00a0Classes from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danaleehaines\/status\/924488597444726785\">1974<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BaxPNOhndAb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1998<\/a> were represented. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddpalmquist\/status\/924658486864211968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roommates<\/a> were reunited. Mothers ran before their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lauriegirl13\/status\/924339101473624064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freshmen sons and daughters<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorThetas\/status\/924395468154720258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sorority sisters<\/a> laughed and ran alongside each other. And lots and lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hollyrkiser\/status\/924810885037731840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selfies<\/a> were taken with new President Linda Livingstone.\u00a0Decades of excitement and longing to join in the tradition of the Baylor Line had built up to this exact moment, and the energy on the field was nothing short of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E0JvBc6kE5g\">electric<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w0guFYek2B8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor alumnae!<\/p>\n<p><em>You might also like:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/10\/longtime-friends-among-alums-in-this-saturdays-ceremonial-baylor-line-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Longtime friends among alums in this Saturday\u2019s ceremonial Baylor Line run<\/a> (Oct. 2017)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/08\/what-is-the-baylor-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is the Baylor Line?<\/a> (Aug. 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Baylor Line was founded back in 1970, it was a spirit organization for first-year men, who formed a human tunnel on the field at Floyd Casey Stadium to welcome the football team. 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