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By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 3 min read
Female leaders reflect, remember trailblazers during Women's History Month
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/AnchorIn honor of Women's History Month, presidents from well-known, female-run organizations on campus spoke about the significance of the month of March. These women reflected on the tenacity and courage female leaders possessed before their time.“Women's History Month is a month to uplift women,” Garland junior and president of Women in Business Carissa Padilla said....
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 6 min read
Professor appeals to Baylor to support his home country, Ukraine
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/Anchor Baylor professor Dr. Serhiy Kudelia remembers when he was 15, living in Ukraine and immediately knowing something strange was going to happen. On Aug. 21, 1991, every television screen played a continuous loop of the Swan Lake Ballet.“I remember very well that morning, I turned on the television and I saw the Lake Ballet...
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 4 min read
Stop requiring general education classes in college
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/AnchorGeneral education classes have always been part of the college educational experience. The Association of American Colleges and Universities says the term “general education” became the popular name for classes not correlating with a student's major in the early 1900s. Now, American colleges and universities require a certain number of core classes in order to...
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 3 min read
Medical Ethics Discussion Society responds to calls to service
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/Anchor Flower Mound senior and Medical Ethics Discussion Society president Holli Ott credits her devotion to service to a Halloween costume and a little girl from the Daybreak Care Center. Before she assumed her leadership position, Ott was not involved in many service activities. However, one day during her sophomore year, the fall festival service...
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 3 min read
Students become princesses to create 'Moment of Magic'
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/Anchor The student chapter of A Moment of Magic, an organization at Baylor, intends to bring children at local hospitals joy by dressing up as princesses. Dennison sophomore and president of A Moment of Magic at Baylor Jacque Matthews started the chapter last year. There are currently 28 chapters in the U. S.“It's not just...
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 5 min read
The show must go on? Classical Ballet Society faces safety issues
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/Anchor Since its creation, the Classical Ballet Society at Baylor has been fighting to provide a safe dance space for its members. Frisco master's candidate and Classical Ballet Society president Kat Kiesling said the four years they have been an official organization, the university has never addressed or assisted their concerns. The club meets Mondays...
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 4 min read
Valentine's Day sucks for everyone
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/AnchorValentine's Day is rolling around, and we all know what that means: Either you have a date, you need to find a date or you suck it up and be your own valentine. When I was a kid, Valentine's Day was fun. We used to give out candy to our friends or write nice notes...
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 3 min read
Bears for a Cure fights against cancer, connects Baylor, Waco
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/Anchor Bears for a Cure is a student organization that actively supports students and families in Waco who are battling cancer. "Really, we are just reaching out into the community and just trying to connect both Waco and Baylor together,” Argyle senior and Bears for a Cure president Miranda Downe said. Downe said Bears for...
By Danika Young + 3 others for The Baylor Lariat - 3 min read
From Waco to Dallas, nursing majors transition
By Danika Young | ReporterAfter completing their first two years — or 60 hours — at Baylor, nursing students begin a new chapter at The Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas to earn their remaining 65 hours of credits. Many nursing majors are beginning to feel the nerves and anxiety of beginning a new life away from the one...
By Danika Young + 2 others for The Baylor Lariat - 3 min read
Student-athletes should not be held superior
By Danika Young | LTVN Reporter/AnchorMany college athletes are viewed as “campus celebrities” and receive special treatment in comparison to their peers, but why?The simple answer is the attention sports can bring to a particular university and, to be blunt, the money they draw in. For example, when Baylor's men’s basketball team won the 2021 NCAA men's basketball championship, Baylor...
