The Baylor Line

10/14/2026

For 20 years, the Baylor Equestrian Team has given female student-athletes the chance to compete at the varsity collegiate level — and they've done it well, winning the NCEA National Championship in 2012.
Riders compete across four events, often on horses they've never ridden before, with just four minutes to warm up before competing. This year's team includes 46 riders, consistently ranks among Baylor's top GPA-earning teams, and has won the Community Champions Award five years running.
As last season's star Lauren Reid put it: "Looking back at my freshman year to now, I've grown so much — not only as a rider but, more importantly, as a person."
Meets are free and open to the public — Read here: https://baylorline.com/sic-em-in-spurs/

10/10/2026

POV: you’re the only guy in an office full of women 😂

10/09/2026

Jennifer and Josh Borderud met as students at Baylor. Today, she directs the Armstrong Browning Library and he is a clinical assistant professor at Baylor Law. But getting there took a few detours, from UT Austin to Milwaukee, and returning to Waco wasn’t part of their long-term plan.

“Growing up without a home, or without a lot of roots, I didn’t realize that by coming to Waco and Baylor, I would be, at 18 years old, kind of putting down roots for the rest of my life,” Josh said.

Read more about the Borderuds at baylorline.com/josh-jennifer-borderud/.

10/09/2026

Harry Burmeister made two notable accomplishments during his undergraduate years at Baylor, establishing his iconic legacy in the Baylor story. One was being a founding member of the secret society dedicated to pranks and mischief, which lives on today: the NoZe Brothers. The second was establishing a small restaurant that would soon become a Baylor classic — Harry B’s, now known as George’s.

After graduating from Baylor, Burmeister opened Harry B’s in 1930 at 1925 Speight Ave. To start, the restaurant had only a small kitchen and bar seating. But then, in 1966, a Mr. George Betros bought it and renamed it George’s Bar. He expanded the menu, bringing in classic Southern dishes like Chicken Fried Steak (which remains a classic on the George’s menu today).

The bar was sold again in 1993, this time to Sammy Citrano, David Tinsley, and Glen Screws. Just two years later, Citrano bought out his other two partners and took full control of the bar.

Citrano's vision was to turn George’s into the ultimate sports bar — a place that would be the perfect hangout spot for Baylor students and Baylor sports fans. He later added a catering business that became so popular, it was at one point recognized by President George W. Bush. In 2000, Citrano developed the building across the street into a banquet hall.

George’s, still located on Speight, continues to be a popular spot for the Baylor Family. Harry B could have had no way of knowing how both his restaurant and secret society would become deeply ingrained in Baylor’s legacy.

10/08/2026

Eve, Barbie, and Miss America walk into a bar... but there’s no joke!

Join The Baylor Line on October 24 at the AC Hotel for BookTalk: Eve, Barbie, and Miss America, an evening with three authors and three very different answers to the same question: what does it mean to be a woman?
📖 Dr. Cat Bohannon — author of "Eve" — rewrites human evolution through the lens of female anatomy.
📖 Dr. Lenore Wright — author of "Athena to Barbie" — unpacks the impossible pressures of womanhood.
📖 Dr. Mandy McMichael — author of "Miss America's God" —reveals what the pageant says about America.

You’ll leave informed, inspired, and dare we say, radicalized, by three women who know about women.

Your ticket includes an opening reception sponsored by female-founded 1953 Tequila, dinner, and the panel and interview. RSVP to save your seat at the link below!

Conversations on what it means to be a woman across science, culture, style, and 200 million years of evolution. Presented by The Baylor Line + 1953 Tequila.

10/07/2026

Anybody remember study dates at Common Grounds on campus? ☕️

the coffee, the SUB, the study sessions that turned into hangouts 😌

10/07/2026

For nearly 70 years, the Central Texas Audubon Society has been helping Waco notice what's flying overhead. More than half of all North American bird species pass through Texas during migration and the Audubon Society has been there to document it, advocate for the birds, and educate the community.

Now, that spirit is making its way to campus! Baylor sophomore Chandler Clark and senior Connor Bennett are working to charter a Baylor Audubon Society chapter, hoping to bring the same environmental awareness to student life.

“Over half of all the bird species that you could experience in North America pass through Texas. Now if that’s not cool, I don’t know what is." — Clint Trimble, Central Texas Audubon Society President

Read more at baylorline.com/central-texas-audubon-society/

10/05/2026

A shriveled apple. A small candle. Two unexpected moments of connection, 6,000 miles apart.

In this 1985 BL Classic, June Osborne — a faculty wife traveling with the Baylor in the British Isles program — shares a beautifully personal essay about her summer abroad. Amid the cathedrals, castles, and cobblestone streets, two quiet moments stayed with her most: an Irish man in Claremorris who gifted her a humble apple with the words, "I want to share with ye the peace of Gawd," and a candlelit dinner in England where strangers became "kindred spirits" through a simple shared ritual.

🕯️ Read here:

In this April 1985 Classic, traveling with the “Baylor in the British Isles” program, a faculty wife experiences an unexpected sharing.

10/03/2026

Baylor doesn't stay in Waco 🗺️

from NYC to Boston and everywhere in between, Bears are out here repping green and gold nationwide.

where are you watching from? 👀

10/02/2026

In fall 2007, five Baylor students — Justin Brown, Alyson Erikson, Kyle Ferguson, Nathan Lloyd, and Andi Nakasone — turned a difficult conversation over dinner into a national movement for su***de prevention and mental health awareness.

After a friend shared that he had considered taking his own life, the group rallied around him and, almost as a joke, floated the idea of biking from Waco to Alaska to spread awareness. Within two weeks of launching a page for the cause, they'd gained 300,000 followers. By May 2008, the "Five Alive" set off on a 4,500-mile journey that would take nearly 80 days, raise over $25,000, and connect them with communities across the country who had been touched by mental health struggles of their own.

This year marks the 18th anniversary of their journey — a reminder of what a group of college students can accomplish when they choose to show up for each other.

Read here: baylorline.com/alive-campaign/