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Joe Cao is the name on most people's lips Inside the Beltway this morning. So, how did this freshman Republican escape GOP Whip Eric Cantor's hammer to vote with Democrats for health care reform, ruining Cantor's goal of unified opposition? Cao arrived in Houston at the age of eight with his parents and two siblings as refugees from Vietnam.

Greek life enhances the Baylor Experience. BU Greek Life Today 750 girls woke up at the crack of dawn in an attempt to spice up the plain gray t-shirt that they are required to wear.

Old glass thermometers, gigantic glass syringes, apothecary bottles of blue and brown glass that once held elixirs of healing - these are some of the artifacts of a "Century of Service" being celebrated at the Mayborn Museum at Baylor University.

Last week, a stalwart leader of our community passed from our midst just as he lived: quietly but with love and respect.

What's that creeping around the corner? Why, it's Halloween, season of spectral shenanigans and haunted hijinks.

The Texas Historical Commission is committed to preserving the voices of our service men and women through ongoing oral history training workshops held in cities across Texas.

By BUZZ McCLAIN How many times have you heard this:'My teacher hates me.''My teacher is mean.''My teacher is mean and hates everybody.'Children bring a lot home from school besides homework - they provide impassioned information as to what is going on in their classroom, good and bad, and that insight shapes a parent's attitude toward the ...

Long-distance running may not be Mariah Kelly's forte, but the Saint Michael Grade 12 student will be heading to SOSSA.

Paramount Lodging Advisors is pleased to announce its recent engagement as asset manager of the new Radisson Hotel located at 810 Interstate 35 North, Waco, Texas.

What kind of personal pain would cause a 42-year-old pastor to abandon his family, his calling and even life itself? Members of a Baptist church here are asking that question after their pastor committed suicide in his parked car in September.

Honky tonker Deryl Dodd grew up in Dallas, TX, where he favored football over music throughout his formative years.

In 2008, 250 scholars, students, staff, and community partners attended Baylor Universitya TMs inaugural Poverty Summit to discuss issues surrounding poverty.

The 100th anniversary of the first Baylor Homecoming is getting the star treatment from two campus institutions, as both the Mayborn Museum and the Texas Collection at Baylor University salute what some believe to be the nation's oldest such collegiate celebration.

Baylor University English professor Kevin Gardner has a gripe with Texas Monthly 's recent best burgers issue.

A seminal moment in Central Texas history has arrived, though some here may not fully recognize it yet.

Paul Quinn College is reaching to its Waco roots for recruitment as the school works to rebuild enrollment after a battle to regain its accreditation.

Normally, having a heavyweight boxing champ and the president of Baylor University in town would be topics of conversation for weeks.

The General Tire & Rubber Co. in Waco announced it was closing in 1985, devastating a community that could point with pride to an industrial powerhouse that employed 1,400 people and had a $42 million payroll.

Lost amid news of balloon hoaxes and political battles last week, the W.R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University quietly marked its 30th anniversary with a fascinating celebration of its many artifacts and holdings, not the least involving late Congressman Poage himself.

Date : Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:30:10 +0500 HILL CLIMBERS: LOVING THE COMMITTEES By Kristin Coyner Roll Call http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_44/climbers/39700-1.html Oct 21 2009 Loving the Committees.