Monthly Archives: April 2013

Spring at Baylor (by Lexa Johnson)

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Spring is a wonderful, adventurous time at Baylor. There are many activities around campus to engage in with friends. Spring break is one of the highlights, and I had an incredible break with some friends from Baylor. I went skiing in Colorado with one of my best friends, her family, and some other Baylor students. We had an absolute blast enjoying the break with some new friends from school. We drove 15 hours from Waco to Pagosa Springs in southern Colorado. The snow was ideal for our trip because it snowed 19” the day before we got there. One of my favorite parts of the trip was seeing Baylor alums and getting to talk to them about their experiences. I love how Baylor is truly a family and current and past students are always so proud to be from Baylor. We even did a Sic ‘Em on the chairlift with some fellow Baylor students!

 

 

Following Spring Break my Lifegroup (church small group) got together with some other groups to throw an Easter party! We went to a local park and celebrated the holiday by having an Easter egg hunt, playing games, and worshipping together. I really enjoyed getting to see everyone come together to celebrate the fact that Jesus was raised from the dead and the new life we have because of Him.

 

Spring sports are another fun activity at Baylor. The baseball games are especially fun to attend with the weather being so warm and beautiful. My friends and I cheered the Bears on to victory yesterday against West Virginia. It was exciting to watch the baseball team do so well and see how many Baylor fans came out to support the team. Spring at Baylor is an exciting time with celebrations and baseball games to enjoy coupled with beautiful weather.

Home Away from Home (by Sophia Cooper)

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Being from California, I don’t get to go home much. The Pacific Ocean and I get to spend time together during Christmas break, a couple weeks in the summer, and that’s about it. Since I don’t have any family in Texas, my friends at Baylor have become my surrogate family for long weekends and holidays.

My older sister Katrin and I have been fortunate enough to be able to drive up to Kansas every year to spend Thanksgiving with our Aunt Marie and Uncle Alan. Even though we always have plans, I have received offers every year from sweet friends willing to bring me home with them since I can’t go back to Saratoga. The same applies for Easter weekend. Since we get Good Friday and the Monday after Easter off from our great Baptist school, lots of students head home to spend that precious holiday with their families and their home churches. I have gone home with my boyfriend David for the past two Easters, but I truly appreciate the offers I get from all my friends to share in their family traditions.

There is nothing quite like mommy-cooked food, a warm bed in a real home, and relaxing with parents (even if they aren’t yours). Baylor is a tight-knit community, and that is exemplified in my friends including me in their family traditions and experiences during Fall Break, Easter, and Thanksgiving. Even if you are out of state and homesick (like me), you are never far from a family that loves you. That’s what friends are for.

 

 

 

JSA Cultural Banquet (by Grant Siluangkhot)

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Last week I had the pleasure of joining a few members of Baylor’s Japanese Student Association (JSA), students taking Japanese class, and Japanese exchange students at a banquet. The banquet was designed to celebrate common intellectual interest in Japanese culture and to learn about potential careers in Japan.

It was an interesting night and a great learning experience. The speaker was JSA’s former president who uses Japanese for his work. He spoke about life and business in Japan and encouraged us to go and experience the country for ourselves. His talk made me even more excited for this summer and my studying abroad with the Baylor in Japan program. (Baylor has many study abroad opportunities to many places for the summer and the regular school year.)

At the banquet I met a number of interesting people who enjoy learning Japanese like I do. It was a fun way to practice the language in conversation and learn a few new words along the way.

Before the end of the night, we had a competition among the separate dining tables. It was a quick game of true or false regarding difficult facts about Japan. We all had a laugh after seeing how little the Japanese professors knew about things like recent pop culture!

I’m glad that I was able to spend my Friday evening with culture, fun, and friends. I can’t wait until next year’s event.