By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterIn residence halls dominated by Baylor students, there resides faculty-in-residence (FIR), the university’s faculty members who choose to live among the students. Though few and far between, these members of Baylor’s residential communities are greatly cherished and impact the lives of many students simply by being present. Brooks Residential College is one of the campus’...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterWith spring fast approaching, Baylor’s fashion experts have a pretty good idea of what to expect this season. Based on predictions made by these professors and students, some of the upcoming trends will be familiar to Bears, while others may prove a bit wackier and more eccentric than trends in recent years. The resurgence of...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterWhen attendees walk into First Presbyterian Church Waco as the Angaza choir performs, their eyes and ears are met with harmonic voices joined in song and joyous dancing. These unique and lively shows are put on by Texas’s very first African community choir, the second in the United States, made up of Baylor students and...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterIt only takes a flame to start a fire. For Dr. Heidi Hornik, chair of the department of art and art history, it only takes a painting to start a collection. Hanging on the wall of her office in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center is the painting that started it all. John Singletary, a 2020...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff Writer “Together let’s create something that lasts,” reads Chanhassen, Minn., freshman Brandon Mosley’s photography website. Mosley has been behind the lens for much longer than he has been at Baylor. Initially, his talents with the camera didn’t start because of his desire to start a business, but sprung from a passion for visual storytelling he...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterThe doors of Art Center Waco opened to the public Thursday evening, the walls lined by dozens of vivid artworks for the opening night of local exhibition ‘Art à la Carte.’ Among the multi-colored paintings, detailed drawings and gleaming glassworks stood the individual artists who created them, brought together by Professional Artists of Central Texas...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterAfter a long and well-deserved winter break, the Baylor campus is once again filled with the hustle and bustle of its beloved Bears. Friends have reunited with friends, books have been bought and classes have commenced. But for some, chaos has reigned. For many Bears, getting back into the flow of attending classes, poring over...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterLet’s be clear, I love coffee. Most days, I feel like I need to have a coffee in order to muster up the energy to accomplish the day’s assignments, and I’m not the only one. According to a study done by the National Library of Medicine, students tend to drink coffee to improve focus during...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff Writer"Kaleidoscope" is Netflix’s latest heist show, and unlike any other. With a theme reminiscent of movies like "Ocean’s 11" and "The Italian Job," "Kaleidoscope" is sure to thrill any viewer, though not without first throwing them for a loop and leaving them perplexed in its wake. It’s no wonder the show has reached the #1...

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By Olivia Turner | Staff WriterIt’s easy to get caught up in all the fun kinds of dorm shopping during Move to BU. Whether you were on the hunt for posters, floating shelves, decorative pillows or fun desk trinkets to keep your dorm looking fresh, your aesthetic-inspired efforts probably paid off. For a lot of students, however, it only took...

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