Around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, a person was shot at Council Acres Park, located on the corner of 15th Street and Bagby Avenue.
Author: Camille Rasor
Despite rumors circulating Tuesday night, the City of Waco will not be shutting off the water supply according to a press release sent out by the city. However, in order to keep water available without mandatory boil notices or shortages for firefighting purposes, the city is asking all residents to conserve water as best they can for the next 48 hours.
Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, swearing the oath of office just before noon to take the helm of a deeply divided nation while inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.
Olivia Rodrigo’s hit single has broken records, streams and our News Editor’s speakers. Here’s what our own Camille Rasor has to say about her debut.
Baylor President Dr. Linda Livingstone announced via email that all students, faculty and staff will be required to take weekly, self-administered COVID-19 tests.
Arts & Life Editor Camille Rasor takes a look at the Recording Academy’s picks for the best music of 2020 and lets readers know what she thinks.
Journalists must confront the controversies and mistakes of past reporters in order to do right by their subjects and their organizations.
Devin Li and Jaja Chen, owners of downtown boba tea shop Waco Cha, built the store up from the ground in an effort to bring more diversity to the Waco community.
Check out what holiday things you can do around Waco this holiday season if you’re staying in town.
We put together a list of our favorite holiday movies to give you some ideas on what to watch this Christmas season.
The holidays can be a stressful time for those strapped for cash. Here’s some ideas on what you can gift for cheap.
Check out what’s going on in Waco this weekend!
Arts & Life Editor Camille Rasor discusses Grande’s new album which, unfortunately, seems to be subpar compared to the artists previous work.
Check out what’s going on around town this Halloween weekend!
The Lariat’s editors recommend their favorite Halloween time movies for this weekend.
Harry Styles new music video is beautiful and fun, a perfect escape from the gloomy weather we’ve had these past few days.
Check out what’s going on in Waco this weekend!
COVID is no match for the artistic drive and talent of a group of aspiring artists. Thanks to the ARTPrenticeship program, they can gain experience by taking part in creating this year’s newest mural.
Members of the Baylor community weigh in on what campaigns have been doing to help undecided voters cast their vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden.
One of the people in charge of choosing the music at Baylor football games talked about what goes into creating the game day experience. Despite the pandemic, they are still working hard to make the remaining home games as fun and memorable as possible.
Check out what’s going on this weekend around Waco.
This year’s Baylor Homecoming celebration won’t look like normal, but there is still plenty for Baylor fans to do, even if they have to join online.
By Camille Rasor | Arts & Life EditorPolitical campaigns, more so in 2020 than in any other year, are using text messages as a way to reach voters where they already are: on their cell phones.Text banking, the process of having volunteers send out text messages to potential voters, has become a staple of political campaigns’ outreach strategy. However, there are laws in place regulating what this process has to look like in order to protect citizens from their phones being inundated with text messages from politicians.The Federal Communications Commission mandates that unsolicited text messages from political campaigns are sent…
FridayFair Food Drive-In | 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. | Oct. 1 – 18 | Extraco Events Center, 4601 Bosque Blvd | Join the Heart of Texas Fair for favorite fair foods including funnel cake, corn dogs and more. | Free admission, food prices vary.Bricks in the Wall Concert | 7 p.m. | Oct. 9 | Waco Hippodrome Theatre, 724 Austin Ave | Bricks in the Wall, a Pink Floyd tribute band from Dallas, takes the stage at the Hippodrome | $25 per ticketTexas State Federation Square Dance | 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Oct. 9 | Allemande Hall, 106…
Compiled by Camille Rasor | Arts & Life EditorSpooky season is officially here, and The Baylor Lariat’s editors have put together a playlist with all the fall vibes. Check out some of what we’ve been listening to with the short descriptions below, and look at the rest of the playlist here.Long Violent History by Tyler Childers | Selected by Drake Toll, LTVN Managing EditorTyler Childer’s breaks the barrier between country music and social justice advocacy with his passionate ballad “Long Violent History.” In this bluegrass bop, Childers accompanies the piercing wail of a violin with his deep lyrical genius. Childer’s…
FridayDeep in the Heart Virtual Film Festival | All Day | Oct. 2 – 4 | Streamed from their website and/or Facebook | Films are on-demand so viewers can watch at their convenience. However, virtual watch parties with live filmmaker Q&A chats are listed on a schedule. | $5 tickets for specific events and $25 for an all access passFair Food Drive-In | 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. | Oct. 1 – 18 | Extraco Events Center, 4601 Bosque Blvd | Free admission, food prices vary | Join the Heart of Texas Fair for favorite fair foods including funnel cake,…
By Caroline Yablon | ContributorFace masks have always been in style for medical professionals. It’s a vital accessory that keeps them and their patients safe, but for the rest of us, wearing a face mask every day was foreign until March. Now, wearing a mask has become everyone’s mandatory accessory.It’s safe to say that face masks aren’t going away anytime soon, so leave the light blue surgical masks for the medical professionals and invest in some that don’t make you look like you are going into surgery. You might as well look good while wearing one.Thanks to designers creating sustainable…
By Camille Rasor | Arts & Life EditorOne look at Millie Bobby Brown and most are immediately reminded of scenes with Stranger Things’ Eleven lifting a car with the powers of her mind and tossing it to the side with a flick of the wrist. In her new role as Enola Holmes in the Netflix film by the same name released Wednesday, Brown has endeared us to a whole new character who is unconventional, outcast and headstrong, but in a completely different way.Enola is raised in a progressive home during the late nineteenth century by her widowed mother played by…
Compiled by Camille Rasor | Arts & Life EditorClasses are getting busier and students all over campus are feeling the late-September burnout. Check out what the Lariat editors have been watching to help us decompress and take a break when everything gets too overwhelming.Gilmore Girls (2000) | Selected by Madalyn Watson, Editor-in-ChiefThe 2000 comedy-drama “Gilmore Girls” is near and dear to my heart. The series focuses on the mother-daughter relationship between the independent, former wild child Loreali Gilmore, her studious teenage daughter also named Loreali (Rory) and her strict, wealthy mother Emily. The series starts out with inn manager Loreali…
By Camille Rasor | Arts & Life EditorIt’s rare in this day and age that we lose public servants who have made this country unequivocally better. This year we’ve lost two in the deaths of Representative John Lewis and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. For Americans passionate about making this a truly equal country, the death of the iconic Justice Ginsburg comes as a heartbreaking loss.As we mourn Justice Ginsburg this week, let us remember her legacy and the ways in which she pulled this country forward. Let us sit with the stories that she left behind, and let…