Dr. Ricardo Álvarez-Pimentel, an assistant professor of history, died Oct. 15 after battling cancer. He was 36 years old.
On Thursday, Governor Greg Abbott made a stop in Temple at Clem Mikeska’s Bar-B-Q to rally voters and encourage midterm turnout as early voting opens across Texas.
President Donald Trump’s rally supporting Attorney General Ken Paxton in Waco, scheduled for Tuesday, has been moved to Corpus Christi, according to an email from the Republican National Committee.
Ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Texas Republicans and Democrats alike have had to navigate through October surprises of their own, ranging from sensational cheap shots to shifting policy positions.
Election Day is just around the corner, and Baylor students registered to vote in McLennan County can head to the polls to choose a U.S. representative in Texas’ 17th Congressional District: Pete Sessions and Casey Shepard.
CURRENT PRINT ISSUE
In an age of constant content flowing straight to pockets, misinformation is inevitable. Between rumors of mental instability and artificial intelligence deepfakes, voters must be cautious about what they believe ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
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No. 9 Baylor shut out Arizona State 2-0 behind a pair of second-half goals. The Bears remain tied atop the Big 12 standings with the victory.
Junior guard Brett Decker Jr. enters a Baylor men’s basketball program that has been defined by its 3-point prowess. He adds to that tradition, shooting 47% from deep last season at Liberty.
Baylor women’s basketball limped its way into the tournament after a strong start to last season. Head coach Nicki Collen hopes for a deeper run in 2026-27 behind a refresh in the roster.
The Bears were largely a one-man show in the front court last season. The 2026-27 season will boast two experienced centers in fifth-year Caden Powell and a healthy senior Juslin Bodo Bodo.
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ARTS & LIFE
Mt. Joy took the stage, opening with a few minutes of acoustic music. Warm, sunshine-esque orange lights silhouetted the band as it eased into “Lemon Tree.” The quieter opening did not last long. As the song swelled toward its climax, lead singer Matt Quinn shouted, “What’s up, Waco?” and the pavilion erupted.
The accessibility of violence, intentional and unintentional alike, should make us wonder: are Americans supposed to revel in bloodshed, let alone see it at this scale? Better yet, how many times have we heard stories where the violence doesn’t end with the initial crime?
Narcan should be carried everywhere. There should also be a law to have one ready at every public social gathering place, including bars, clubs, sit-down restaurants, all concerts big and small and even house parties.
The way Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron in Sally Rooney’s “Normal People” weave in and out of each other’s lives during their college years, as they each struggle through the growing pains of life, encapsulates beautifully how it feels to transition into adulthood.
Tips make up a majority of a waiter’s income. We should be kind to our service workers and tip them. This causes around 5.5 million United States workers to miss out on the income that they rely on.
What happened to our simple-minded foolishness? Where our biggest problem was our parents telling us to turn the T.V off because we had to go to bed or so we didn’t “rot our brains.”
Baylor’s Baptist affiliation seems to spark questions and opinions whenever anything remotely political happens in the community – and reasonably so. In order to respectfully challenge the university’s approach to contentious topics, however, we need to understand what the true mission of a Christian college student should be.
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