For most, “The Baylor Bears” is a phrase often heard as an accompaniment to the pageantry of Saturday afternoon on the Brazos or at the commencement of a new wave of Baylor alumni. For some of us, the phrase carries a much more resolute meaning: Joy and Lady.
Those outside of the Baylor community may not fully comprehend just what our beloved bears mean to us students and alumni, although I imagine admirers of other instructions with cherished mascots can relate. Whether your first or hundredth, a trip to the Baylor campus feels incomplete without a trip down 5th street to walk through the bear habitat.