Baylor Line

Meg Cullar When legendary Baylor history professor and Master Teacher Dr. James Vardaman ’51 retired from Baylor in 2000, he didn’t really quit teaching. Since then, he has just been lecturing to a different kind of student. But September 28 marked his second retirement—this time from his career as a stalwart of the Baylor Alumni […]

By Michael Martinez A new book by Baylor professor Susan Mullally, What I Keep: Photographs of the New Face of Homelessness and Poverty, takes a personal look at the possessions we hold dear and how those things impact our lives. Using the members of Waco’s Church Under the Bridge (CUB) as her subjects, Mullally asked

By Claire Moncla The Mayborn Museum Complex has had many traveling exhibits. “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion” and the “National Geographic MAPS: Tools for Adventure” are just a few in the long list of exhibits that have visited the museum. But the Mayborn had yet to house an art exhibit until this fall. From

By Meg Cullar Members and friends of the Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) received a treat in their e-mail boxes Wednesday with the relaunch of the association’s electronic newsletter, Between the Lines (BTL). The newsletter has been on hiatus while undergoing a redesign. Loyal readers should be happy to find new and interesting stories in a

Senior music lecturer Dr. Bradley Bolen landed home in the United States on August 13. Readers who have followed Between the Lines know that Bolen spent his summer making a tour of the Middle East and blogging about people and experiences. Bolen served on faculty with American Voices’ YES Academies and spent about a month

By Racquel Joseph If, in the weeks after you read this article, you happen to hear of a Baylor girl defeating an unworthy assailant with a high-heeled shoe, you should not be surprised. On Thursday, September 23, the Barfield Drawing Room was filled with more than three hundred girls listening intently to Erin Weed, the

By Michael Martinez An age-old tradition is finally seeing a revival on Baylor campus and at Floyd Casey Stadium. Perched on the tops of numerous freshman heads are the infamous slime caps, a tradition that was once thought to be extinct—only five caps were sold in 1995. The slime cap tradition began at Baylor in

By Claire Moncla “It is your time; it is your place,” President Ken Starr told Baylor students on Wednesday September 15 during the Student Dinner with the President. At 7 p.m., students lined up for Vitek’s catering outside the Bill Daniel Student Center and then sprawled out on the grass and sat on stone benches

By Michael Martinez A single, yellow rope is all that holds back hundreds of rowdy, game-frenzied freshmen, all eager to rush the field (and heckle the opposing team). Some are garbed in gold and yellow wigs, face paint, and other Baylor paraphernalia. The one thing this group of underclassmen has in common is their yellow

By Racquel Joseph The Ivy Square shopping plaza, which bordered Baylor on the I-35 side, has died a death both slow and sudden. After years of businesses opening and closing and many prolonged vacancies in the shopping center, Baylor has begun the process of demolishing the square. Currently, all that remains is a small heap