Brandon Enos: If Texas can penalize schools over library books, it can reward real achievement, too — right?
Threatening to lower a district’s academic rating based on library book disputes misleads parents and penalizes entire communities.
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Hot hitting helps Baylor volleyball to sweep of UTEP
Baylor’s .336 hitting percentage marked a season high, and the Bears improved to 95-2 in the Ryan McGuyre Era when hitting .300 or better.
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Last-second equalizer forces No. 12 Baylor soccer into draw with No. 9 West Virginia
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer Fifteen seconds separated No. 12 Baylor soccer from an upset over a top-10 team. They could taste their biggest win of the season and stay undefeated on the road. Baylor needed one stop on a last-second corner kick to secure its second ranked win ...
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Old Dominion brings bright lights, classic country to Foster Pavilion
By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor Old Dominion’s first-rate, full Nashville production came Friday night to Foster Pavilion, bringing in country fans ready to don their cowboy hats and dance this Family Weekend. In a first for Foster Pavilion, a T-shaped platform extended the s...
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No. 18 Baylor volleyball surges past UTEP behind 3rd set rally
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer No. 18 Baylor volleyball struggled to get past UTEP throughout their Friday night battle. The Bears found themselves trailing 20-15 in the third set while trying to secure the sweep. They gained some momentum on a kill from junior outside hitter ...
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Another scoreboard scorcher for Whitney, as Wildcats outblaze Gatesville, 58-38
Whitney operates on fast forward, and the Wildcats used their quick-strike attack to dash past Gatesville, 58-38, in yet another scoreboard-scorcher on Friday night at McKamie Stadium....
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‘C5’ has 4-pick field day as La Vega runs past The U, 33-7
Craig “C5” Bradley had a night to remember, picking off four passes — including three in the first half — as La Vega rolled past University, 33-7.
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Brice McCurdy's big night helps Robinson pull away from Franklin
No matter what touchdown pass you dissect, Robinson senior Brice McCurdy looked like he was playing Madden on easy mode in Friday night's win over Franklin....
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Review: Lizzy McAlpine explores connection with ‘Angel’
By Reigha Weaver | Arts & Life Writer In her long-awaited fourth studio album, “Angel,” Lizzy McAlpine takes the listener on a journey of expression, love, yearning, personal experiences, grief and disappointment. As a McAlpine fan myself, I listened to “Angel” and heard a famili...
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5 thoughts from Texas Tech's dramatic win over Houston: Red Raiders clear major hurdle in Big 12
LUBBOCK, Texas — On a Friday night when one head coach may have one-upped the other in the eyes of the Texas High School Coaches Association, at least Houston and Texas Tech didn’t offend college football fans with their play…...
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Midway stiff-arms Belton, 21-10, heads into district with 'some momentum'
Carl Simmons emerged as Midway's hero with a crucial interception in the end zone with less than 5 minutes left, swiping momentum from Belton and preserving the Panthers’ 21-10 victory....
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Parmy Olson: Some Anthropic engineers think AI might end us. Why race ahead?
Anthropic justifies some of the most unfalsifiable circular logic to ever come out of Silicon Valley: the pursuit of artificial superintelligence which could kill a lot of humans....