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By Megan Ann Williams The Kibera Slum in Kenya, one of the most populated places on earth, measures 1.5 square miles, and is home to more than one million people. You won’t find it on any vacation pamphlets or flyers, but it is where Marissa Moschetta, a senior from Houston, chose to spend her 2010 […]

By Megan Ann Williams Photos by Julie Copenhaver Lights. Camera. Action. Chris Hansen, a professor in the Baylor film and digital media department, is spending his summer in the director’s chair as he begins production on his third feature film, An Affair. The film follows the story of two strangers married to other people. Both

By Lindsey Kay Hurtt Emilie Moore ’11 has served as front desk receptionist, co-chair of the service and ministry committee, editor of the Torch monthly newsletter, and president during her four years at Brooks College Living and Learning Center. “Living at Brooks has made my Baylor experience what it is,” Moore said. “For me, it

Ultimate Competitor By Lindsey Hurtt On April 2-3, Baylor’s ultimate club Frisbee team hosted their first nationally sanctioned ultimate Frisbee tournament. Sixteen teams from Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas played on Baylor’s intramural fields. Oklahoma beat Texas A&M to win the tournament. The Baylor team made it to the third tier of competition. Ultimate Frisbee, also

For more than 152 years, the Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) has encouraged fellow alumni to link arms across generations in support of their alma mater. This long, proud tradition is being called upon today as Baylor students face a serious challenge to their future. The Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) program, which in 2011 provided need-based

By Lindsey Kay Hurtt This month, singer and songwriter Jillian Edwards performed in front of the largest crowd that Waco’s Common Grounds coffee house has ever seen. Edwards was opening for Nashville-based folk duo the Civil Wars. Everyone fell silent as Edwards’ smooth voice and acoustic guitar instrumentals conveyed stories and melodies, often based on

By Lindsey Kay Hurtt The largest zumba class in recorded history is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 14 during Diadeloso—Baylor’s spring holiday celebration. The zumba event is a twofold celebration: it marks the fifteenth anniversary of the sanctioning of dancing on Baylor’s campus, and it raises support for the third-annual accounting vocational mission

This event has been postponed until a later date! Please check back later for further information! On Tuesday, April 26, the Baylor Black Alumni Club will sponsor the thirteenth annual Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes Scholarship Dinner and Fund-raiser. The Vivienne Malone-Mayes Scholarship was established in 1989 to assist dedicated students who struggle with the financial burden

By Lindsey Kay Hurtt Common Grounds, Waco’s locally owned coffee shop, is partnering with non-profit organizations to make a greater impact on the community than being merely a caffeine source for Baylor students. Common Grounds uses its location, convenient to campus, and spacious backyard to host benefit concerts and other events that will hopefully attract

By Lindsey Kay Hurtt Last week, Anne Lamott, author of Traveling Mercies and Bird by Bird, and Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, were at Baylor together for the first time. The two arrived amidst controversy over Baylor’s endorsement of the event. Protestors with their mouths