President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, with the execution scheduled for 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Central Texas military installation, roughly an hour from Baylor’s campus.
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Tripp Henderson
Tripp Henderson is a freshman from Austin, Texas, pursuing a double major in Political Science and Business Management. He is a fly-fishing-obsessed sailor with a knack for getting shipwrecked. He loves sports, music, film, road-tripping in a van, hanging out with friends and family, and offering his unsolicited political commentary to anyone who accidentally makes eye contact.
Congressman Pete Sessions and businessman Ross Perot Jr. spoke Thursday at the Baylor Club for the Waco Chamber’s State of the Nation Luncheon. Both emphasized Texas’s importance, economic growth, and a bright future.
While goatmen and witches sound like something out of a fairy tale, they play a distinct role in Waco’s history. Haunted lore has endured for generations and remains part of the city’s identity today, and the Waco History podcast shares it.
Waco native Doris Miller went from doing laundry aboard the USS West Virginia to becoming one of World War II’s most prominent Black heroes. Now, the Navy is considering removing his name from a future aircraft carrier amid discussions of renaming it after President Donald Trump.
For many Waco residents, finding an affordable place to live is becoming increasingly difficult as housing prices rise faster than incomes and the supply of affordable homes remains limited, but one nonprofit is working to fight this crisis.
The American presidency is changing, and we will have to live with the consequences. It is time to stop sacrificing character and leadership on the altar of good policy and demand both in the Oval Office.
On Sep. 23, Baylor filed a notice of settlement, indicating a potential end to a lawsuit dating back to August 2025 over the iconic, interlocked “BU” logo.
In the last decade, Waco has gone from a quiet college town to a tourism epicenter. Magnolia ushered in a decade of rapid growth, spurring economic activity and development, but not all feel this impact positively.
As NASA’s newest flagship space telescope begins its mission millions of miles above Earth, a Baylor professor and his students will have a hand in deciphering the data it sends back.
Midterm elections are just around the corner, and Americans all across the country will be casting their ballot. To help students make their voices heard through their vote, Baylor Ambassadors, in collaboration with Student Government and over 10 student organizations, will host a free voter registration drive Tuesday and Sept. 30.
Trump encouraged voter turnout and touts policy victories, saying, “Pretend I’m on the ballot.” He also announced that if Republicans win the House and Senate, every adult U.S. citizen would receive a $5,000 dividend.
On May 2, 2025, Version2.ai announced in a LinkedIn post that it had partnered with Baylor to develop and implement a Virtual Engagement Officer (VEO) called Faith. The artificial intelligence agent curates donor interactions and engages them with the university.
Dr. Ashley K. Barrett from the communication department said that AI can be used in “a beneficial way and ethical way, or can be a tool that we use more in a non-virtuous way,” but that Baylor has the ability to “figure out what that means and how that manifests at a Christian-based university.”
As artificial intelligence rapidly changes, the business school’s classroom experience changes with it. The school emphasizes a foundation in ethics so that humans and machines can work hand in hand to accomplish great things.
Piper Professor honoree Dr. Stephen Sloan has spent his time in the classroom telling and listening to others’ stories, a philosophy that has guided his work at the Institute for Oral History.
As Dr. Richard Rankin Russell takes over as director of University Scholars, he said he wants to lead the program by fostering a culture of J.O.Y. The acronym was coined by current Baylor basketball coach Scott Drew and stands for “Jesus, others and yourself last.”
On Thursday, returning students helped new students transition to life at Baylor with Move2BU. Volunteers, students and parents felt the heat along with all the emotions that come with starting a new school year.
