Turning Point USA at Baylor Baylor hosted Turning Point USA on Wednesday, April 22, for the This is the Turning Point Tour. The event shifted from a public community event to a private one with attendance limited to Baylor students only. Additionally, Turning Point denied all press passes to the event. In an email released […]
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March – April 1992 Classic reminisces about a Baylor
Dr. Kevin Dougherty was reviewing submissions for a class project in his SOC 1305 Introduction to Sociology course in 2016 when a pattern emerged. The task was straightforward enough: Students were to take photos of tattoos they saw around campus and analyze them. “Every day we’d start class with a photo of a tattoo, and
Provost Nancy Brickhouse Announces Step Down Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced that she plans to step down as chief academic officer on July 31, 2026. Brickhouse will take a year-long sabbatical before returning to Baylor to focus on teaching. Outgoing Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Lee Nordt, Ph.D., will serve
Ollie Mintz sought to charter a Turning Point USA chapter at Baylor because he felt there was something different about the late founder Charlie Kirk — something that set him apart from other conservative activists. But now, Mintz says he has questions as the organization continues to diverge from what he remembers. “I think Charlie
When LGBTQ+ students organized a support group called Baylor Freedom in 2002, Baylor University responded by reaffirming its student sexual conduct policy. Later the same year, the university released its first official public statement on human sexuality – a statement that continues to affect the culture and administration today. “The question is what’s right, not
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September – October 1972 Classic highlights how a generous
Baylor University’s beloved origin story — how Texas’ oldest university, a scrappy little Baptist college in tiny Independence, overcame impossible odds, moved to Waco, and became one of America’s great institutions — conveniently glosses over the other significant factor in that transformation: Waco University. And while the larger-than-life presence of irascible, imperious Rufus C. Burleson
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Willie Nelson Returns to Baylor On May 14th at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark, country singer and songwriter Willie Nelson is returning to Baylor for the first time since he attended the university in 1954. “Seventy-two years after Willie Nelson walked our campus as a Baylor student, I am thrilled this Texas legend will finally
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March-April 1968 Classic dives into the history of Baylor’s
