Author: Ana Ruiz Brictson

As the semester reaches an end, Student Government’s executive branch looks back into its initial proposals and accomplishments from the fall and plans its projects for the spring.

For many unresolved relationships, we tend to blame the well-known phrase, “right person, wrong time,” believing that this specific person we grew attached to could have been “the one.”

Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) holds various traditions throughout the holidays for students, faculty and staff to participate in.

Baylor’s Department of Film and Digital Media will be launching its new Los Angeles summer program in 2023.

Within Baylor’s goals, top-tier academics is one that has been made so that students can be successful after college. The Career Center dedicates itself to helping, training and guiding students to a professional environment during and after their undergraduate years.

International students celebrate the holidays in both similar and different ways, depending on the countries they are from. Many have their own traditions according to their culture.

From kid to college student, Houston junior Gray Campbell has had a passion for expressing thoughts and emotions through constructing music compositions and pursuing a degree in the area.

Applications for study abroad programs are currently open for the summer and fall terms of 2022. Study abroad director Bo White, Ed.D., suggested that students start preparing early in the year. In the long run, he said it is more beneficial for students to get on these tasks, given they will have more options and availability for their intended courses.

Results from a survey done and analyzed by Intelligent have shown that 34% of those who took the survey lied in their college applications about their race, falsely stating they were part of a minority group.

The Board of Regents had its regular meeting on Friday to affirm the five-year framework of Illuminate for 2022-2027 and to approve renovation plans, tuition increases and new degree programs, along with other plans.

The Bears for Life club at Baylor emphasizes to women that they don’t have to drop out of college or abort if they are pregnant or parenting while earning their degree.

Fraternity and sorority presidents and vice presidents opened up about their goals to create a more diverse culture and a more inclusive environment within their organizations.

After nine years of serving the Waco community with baked goods and a place to gather, Lula Jane’s will be closing coming this Thanksgiving.

It’s hard to believe that listening to sad music can actually lift one’s mood, but I’m sure I cannot be the only one who goes through this.

The construction crew is working on reconstructing the northbound overpasses and will eventually move on to work on the northbound main lanes.

Students with dietary restrictions who are living on campus struggle to find options to choose from in the dining halls.

“It goes back to that kid meeting that person halfway,” Michael Oher said. “I’ve always wanted it. I always said that I was going to do the opposite thing people were doing around me growing up. So you got to meet people halfway at the of the day.”

The Biden administration has allowed both of the United States’ borders to reopen by Nov. 8 for those who have been fully vaccinated, with exemptions for specific cases.

Political science lecturer Stephen Goniprow will no longer be teaching “U.S Constitution, its Interpretation and American Politics” starting Oct. 18. Earlier today, students received a series of emails informing them of the change after the class had been set to go back in person.

“A lot of us started struggling whenever we went on zoom,” Runion said. “So they might’ve seen that and went like, ‘OK, you know the students’ success is gonna be bigger than a policy.’”

Dia de los Muertos is celebrated from Nov. 1 to Nov. 2. People make ofrendas and altars in order to place pictures or objects that resemble those who they have lost. They celebrate death and use this day to show honor, respect and love for family members and people that are no longer with them.

From Oct. 11 to Oct. 17, Baylor will be hosting its annual homecoming week at full capacity, welcoming families and alumni to campus to celebrate Baylor pride.

“We are surrounded by people that are just accepting being average, and I feel like Christ has made us to not be average,” Smith Getterman, director of sustainability and special projects, said.

This year, due to the pandemic, the religious survey also embarked on a search to understand the change in people’s emotional response to COVID-19.

New York City is beginning to implement vaccine mandates for many employees and staff members of different work environments that involve personal interactions, and students headed to the field share what they think.

On Thursday, President Linda Livingstone sent out her weekly Presidential Perspective email with an update on Baylor’s COVID-19 protocols for the fall semester.

For the past three weeks, many students have shown up to class coughing and showing symptoms similar to those of COVID-19. When they’re tested, though, their results are negative.

One of the most common phrases I hear regularly — and am also guilty of saying when bumping into peers throughout campus — is, “We should get lunch sometime.” As these conversations come to a close, we can stop talking without making false promises.

Many freshmen struggle to find the major that’s right for them, and the pandemic is one thing that could have impacted that decision.

Students from Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, Trinity University, the University of Texas at Dallas and Rice University explained what their COVID-19 protocols look like as of now and spoke on what it’s like.