Didi Martinez | Digital Managing Editor With the fate of an inmate on death row in his hands, Gov. Greg Abbott has decided to grant clemency to Thomas “Bart” Whitaker who was scheduled for execution Thursday. The governor’s decision was made at 4:55 p.m. today — almost one hour before Bart Whitaker’s execution via lethal injection was scheduled to take place. The decision was placed on the governor after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously voted in favor of clemency for the 38-year-old inmate. At the time, Bart Whitaker’s attorney, Keith Hampton said he feared the opportunity to…
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Story by Didi Martinez | Digital Managing Editor, Video by Jessica Babb | Broadcast Managing Editor College campuses have become hotbeds for cyberattacks as hackers seek to infiltrate student accounts and gain access to university information. Since April 1, Baylor has reported that more than 2,000 student accounts have been compromised through security breaches, according to Jon Allen, Baylor’s chief information security officer. “The thing we’ve been struggling with the most is phishing,” Allen said, referring to the Baylor email lookalikes that have circulated around campus. “We’ve really been implementing a lot of tools to try to knock down on…
Meredith Aldis | Broadcast Intern The Baylor Equestrian team set a program point record by beating West Texas A&M 18-2 for their first and only home meet this semester. Baylor swept West Texas A&M in the first three rounds of fences, horsemanship and flat riding. “We’re taking it one step at a time. We’ve got to get a few more notches under our belt, but we just got to keep going strong,” said junior Shannon Hogue, who was awarded outstanding performer honors in fences. There are a lot of freshmen on the team, but also a lot of returning members…
Meredith Aldis | Broadcast Intern Church Under the Bridge hit its 25 year marker over the weekend and to celebrate Mission Waco passed out 74 pairs of shoes to the homeless. Once a year, Mission Waco offers dignity to those in our streets by raising funds from the community that allows the homeless to pick out their own choice of shoes in a local retail store. The shoes were distributed at the Mission Waco Meyer Center and that is where the walk for the homeless began. “These are real people struggling in our own communities,” said Jimmy Dorrell, co-founder and…
Didi Martinez | Digital Managing Editor Christian singer-songwriter Kari Jobe is ready to come home. Jobe, who was born in Waco, will be performing her newest album, “The Garden”, at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Waco Hall. The Garden is inspired by a series of event that have impacted her life within the past two years, including the birth of her first child and fetal death of her sister’s daughter. The 14 tracks, she said, are a reflection of her own faith journey and “seeing beauty in the brokenness again.” Q: How does it feel to be able to…
The map pinpoints locations along the Waco area where crimes were reported to the Baylor Police Department. The information gathered is according to the Campus Crime and Fire Log. Graphic by Didi Martinez | Digital Managing Editor By Didi Martinez | Digital Managing Editor and Taylor Wolf | Contributor Since Jan. 1, the Baylor Police Department has received more than 314 crime reports, according to the university’s Campus Crime and Fire Log. The log on the Baylor Department of Public Safety’s website details crimes or alleged crimes and fire incidents occurring within the police department’s jurisdiction. This is in compliance…
Graphic by Didi Martinez | Digital Managing Editor, Liesje Powers | Photo Editor Yesterday, Baylor announced that Linda A. Livingstone had been selected to be the university’s 15th president starting this June. With her appointment being a first in Baylor history, we decided to take a look at how other Baylor presidencies made their mark on campus. Take a look below: [vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTI3aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZjZG4ua25pZ2h0bGFiLmNvbSUyRmxpYnMlMkZ0aW1lbGluZTMlMkZsYXRlc3QlMkZlbWJlZCUyRmluZGV4Lmh0bWwlM0Zzb3VyY2UlM0QxWHdSTl9YMGJmNkpZbFl5TUozWU9SSGJkNndxa0NSdGU0MzJvVURKSXcwbyUyNmZvbnQlM0REZWZhdWx0JTI2bGFuZyUzRGVuJTI2aW5pdGlhbF96b29tJTNEMiUyNmhlaWdodCUzRDY1MCUyNyUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTI3MTAwJTI1JTI3JTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTI3NjUwJTI3JTIwd2Via2l0YWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwbW96YWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjcwJTI3JTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]