Author: Emma Weidmann

This week in Waco, it’s food trucks as far as the eye can see and a celebration of the authors who inspired Baylor’s most beautiful library. Here’s a quick look at what to do.

Diadeloso is here! Whether you’re hanging out by the pool or watching the eclipse with friends, here are some picks for your playlist.

Diadeloso week is here! With the university’s favorite day and a total solar eclipse happening at the same time, there’s no shortage of activities in Waco and on campus. Here’s a look at the week ahead.

If you’ve been to a wedding at any point in the last decade, you’ve probably also developed an allergy to Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran. Even though those top-40 pop hits are sure to get your aunt and uncle on the dance floor, nobody wants to see them try (and fail) to do dances that haven’t been popular since you were in middle school. Here’s what to play instead, slow songs included.

Staying in Waco over Easter break? No problem — here’s what to do for those four days off.

In fall 2024, Dr. Sebastian Langdell and Dr. Ginger Hanchey — both medievalists, both Swifties — will teach “Lit (Taylor’s Version),” a course that promises to put the music of the generation’s biggest pop star into context with literary greats such as William Wordsworth, Virginia Woolf and Oscar Wilde.

With just a few days until Easter break, here are some new tunes for your road trip home and your long weekend of relaxation from classes.

Gateway to India takes place during Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and a time when those who observe it fast from sunup to sundown. After five dances, the event paused for an intermission, and Indian food such as samosas, tandoori chicken and paneer were served for iftar, the breaking of the fast.

After Tchamwa Tchatchoua drilled his first career postseason 3-pointer with 1:16 to play, Sacks found his first with 22 seconds remaining. Sacks’ 3-pointer marked the 16th of the night, which tied a postseason program record and notched the 92nd point which also marked the highest scoring output for the Bears (24-10) in an NCAA Tournament game in school history.

We’re in the home stretch, as there’s only one more week until a restful Easter break. Whether the week is full of last-minute exams or just some light homework, here’s a list of what to do in Waco to kill the last bit of time.

This week, there’s new music from country queens and indie icons.

Every year, I anticipate watching the Oscars, getting excited to see all the speeches, outfits and well-deserved celebrations. And every year, I leave the couch feeling a little disappointed. This year was no exception.

The first week back from spring break is always a little bit of a bummer, but here’s a list of what’s going on in Waco next week to pick the energy up for the rest of the semester.

The Women’s History Month Roundtable: Reflections in History will display Baylor graduate students’ and professors’ research surrounding women and celebrate their contribution to history. The event is open to everyone and will be at 3:30 p.m. March 20 in the Lewis-Birkhead Lecture Hall of Armstrong Browning Library.

Ahead of twice Grammy-nominated country band Midland’s headlining performance at Landlock Festival in Waco, guitarist and vocalist Jess Carson took some time to talk about the festival and life on the road.

Aside from the tension between fact and fiction, chaos and harmony, “eternal sunshine” is a sonically cohesive album — and yet, it is without any songs that sound the same at all, beating out some contemporaries who can’t make the distinction between cohesion and carbon copying.

In case you weren’t paying attention, pop music is having a moment right now. This is a big two months for the genre, as pop princess Ariana Grande released her seventh album, and other massive names like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are set to release new music this spring. For now, let’s take a look at the best new releases of the past week.

From May 3 to 5, Landlock Fest will call Waco Surf home, bringing with it headliners such as Midland, Shakey Graves and Young the Giant. However, music isn’t the only thing festival-goers will find on the 500-acre property during the event. Festival co-founder and producer Matt Bizer said it will include five different zones, each representing a different region of the world where surf culture thrives.

Staying in Waco for spring break? No problem — here’s a list of what to do in Waco during the week off.

Here’s your spring break playlist for that long car ride to the beach or your nap on an airplane.

We’re approaching the last week of class before spring break, so check out some of these events in between the hustle of midterms and packing.

Spotify Premium is $10.99 per month after the free trial. There are 226 million premium subscribers and 348 million others who suffer through minuteslong ads in order to use the free version of the platform. With that in mind, what reason is there for the platform to scrimp and save its coins like it’s Mr. Krabs or a greedy 19th-century oil tycoon?

This is the week of pop and indie releases, so put on your Dr. Martens and embrace the comeback of the Tumblr era of music.

While it can be entertaining to point out flaws and have a giggle at some of the funnier moments of Sing, it’s important to try to put yourself in the shoes of a performer before you post something degrading about their act.

There’s a shocking amount of new music this week. From surprise Super Bowl drops to long-awaited albums, let’s get into the notable of the week.

All-University Sing | Feb. 15-17, 22-24 | 6:30 p.m. | Baylor’s best and brightest annual tradition returns to campus for two weekends. See friends and familiar faces take the stage in hopes of advancing to Pigskin Revue in the fall. Tickets for weekend one are sold out, but a livestream is available for weekend two.

In 1961, the machine sang its first words. Surrounded by engineers and programmers, the IBM 7094 became the first computer to carry a tune. Now, as artificial intelligence sings covers of songs and creates them from nothing more than a prompt, we have come a long way since the earliest babbling of machine-generated music.

A bioethics club at Baylor is in the process of being chartered while preparing for the National Bioethics Bowl — a nationwide competition that will be hosted on April 13 on Baylor’s campus.

After the 66th Grammy Awards on Sunday, the music world is reeling from the annual snubs and historic wins. Here’s some of the best music that has come out this week, with some familiar names and some new faces to keep an eye out for.

Check out these activities around Waco to fill your first February weekend.