Clovis News Journal: Alive Campaign comes to Clovis
[5/23/2008]
Here's a video interview with the five Baylor students from the Alive Campaign, as they stopped in Clovis, N.M., on their 4,500-mile bike trek from Texas to Alaska to raise awareness of suicide prevention.
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College On The Record: Eight Great College Marching Bands
[5/23/2008]
Standing in the shadow of every great college sports team is the school marching band. Here's a list of the eight best drum-banging, trumpet-playing bands in the country! Note: CollegeOTR is a college blog, "capturing the best of everything that happens at college" and states that it "is not affiliated with any college or university."
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Waco Tribune-Herald: Baylor squad gives paralyzed ex-Bear a dream home
[5/18/2008]
Thirty years after a tragic preseason accident on the field, former Baylor defensive back Kyle Woods moves into his new disability-friendly home thanks in part to professor L.M. Dyson , his wife, Doralyn, coach Grant Teaff, and teammate Robert Holt among a long list of others.
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Baptist Standard: Baylor nursing students meet life-and-death needs in Africa
[5/1/2008]
Five Baylor nursing students recently took a month-long medical mission trip to Ethiopia and Uganda. The trip was created to increase the capacity of nurses as health care providers and designed to enhance their education while serving the health needs in a developing country. The team discovered that it is a blessing to serve the needs of some of the poorest people in the world.
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KWTX-TV: Five Local Students Start Long Bike Ride To Alaska
[5/15/2008]
Five Baylor students started a 4,500-mile bicycle trip to Anchorage, Alaska Thursday that was inspired by a friend who tried to kill himself because he said he had nothing to live for. The story also appeared on KCEN-TV.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram: Baylor study points to urban bias in severe storm warnings
[5/8/2008]
A study by two Baylor University researchers found that the Fort Worth-based National Weather Service office has a long history of issuing fewer severe thunderstorm warnings for rural Texas counties with small populations when a severe storm hits. On the other hand, an urban county with a large population -- especially Tarrant County -- will more often be issued a warning for a storm of the same intensity.
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Chicago Tribune/AP: Commencement readers cram to prep for tongue-twister names
[5/8/2008]
This month students across the country will hear their name announced and walk across a stage to receive a higher education diploma. Behind the scenes officials work to make sure each name is pronounced correctly. Take for example, Baylor senior Shadi Rajai Zumut.
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Waco Tribune-Herald: High bar passage caps week of success for Baylor Law
[5/4/2008]
Baylor Law School capped a good week by learning it once again led Texas law schools in passage rates on the Texas State Bar Exam, the sixth consecutive time the school has done so.
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ABC News, Person of the Week: Fighting Cancer, Teen Reaches Out to African Orphans
[5/2/2008]
Kristin Elliott will join her older sister, volleyball student-athlete Mandy, at Baylor this fall. Last month, The Waco Tribune-Herald profiled Kristin's strong faith in her battle against a rare form of cancer. What caught the attention of ABC News was the unusual wish granted to her by the Make-A-Wish Foundation - to build an orphanage for children in Africa, where they would receive an education, medical care and love. ABC's Charlie Gibson concluded his story by mentioning that Kristin is headed for Baylor.
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