Baylor equestrian looks to start the season strong with a scrimmage Friday before taking on former national champion Georgia and No. 1-ranked Auburn.
After learning from two ranked losses, No. 21 Baylor volleyball will look to get ahead of No. 2 Texas early in Friday’s match and compete with a lead to earn its first ranked win.
Fashion, purpose, and community all in one night — Mission Waco’s Fashion With a Passion show isn’t just about outfits. It’s about uplifting young creatives within Waco.
From musicals to comedies and live soul music, these events are sure to entertain and capture the hearts of Wacoans. So if you’ve got nothing on your weekend agenda, take some time to support the local arts.
While people outside of the fanbase see us as poor, unfortunate souls grasping onto false hope, they overlook the characteristics that make a Cowboys fan a Cowboys fan — and believe it or not there are many appealing characteristics and qualities about us.
Nothing screams “autumn” quite like sipping a deliciously pumpkin-spiced latte from your favorite coffee shop. But with so many options available in Waco, which one offers the best PSL?
Baylor men’s golf head coach Mike McGraw is one of the most decorated coaches in the nation. Hoisting three national championships and 21 championship appearances throughout his career, McGraw has brought a “leave it better” mentality and image of success to Waco.
Although Baylor has successfully phased in alcohol sales at select concerts and non-university events at Foster Pavilion and McLane Stadium, the university is not considering extending alcohol sales to sporting events.
After rolling through nonconference play, the Bears are set to take on Texas Tech Friday in their conference opener at Betty Lou Mays Field.
“I remember as a cadet, seeing the wall of former detachment commanders … and wondering who the first female detachment commander was going to be,” Lieutenant Colonel Kimber Nettis said. “And here we are. I’m humbled and amazed.”
Public discourse unfolded online, leaving students to make sense of gun violence on high school and college campuses. With traditions like Homecoming and Christmas on Fifth Street around the corner, administrators are navigating safety measures in the current political climate.
The impact of new federal legislation will vary for all groups. For student organizations that have a culture of support, the change may be minimal. But for organizations that have faced challenges related to hazing in the past, the new requirements will increase awareness and accountability.
Results from an online survey presented by Active Minds and TimelyCare showed that 64.7% of college students reported feeling lonely in 2024.
Vice President for Student Life Sharra Hynes said Baylor is working to combat this issue by emphasizing community on campus, especially for freshmen, who Hynes said are among the most vulnerable to loneliness.
With tradition, community and spectacle woven together, the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo remains one of Waco’s biggest fall attractions. Whether it’s the thrill of bull riding, the rhythm of live music or the comfort of fair food, the event continues to draw crowds — and students — year after year.
At its root, whimsy is not an aesthetic. True whimsy is older, deeper, stranger than that. It is the astonishment that we are here at all, alive, breathing, conscious, inside a universe that by all accounts should not have rolled the dice in our favor.
People now turn to AI as a data analyst, tutor, dietitian and surprisingly even for emotional support. But play therapist? That’s where things get dangerous. At first glance, this may sound reasonable. After all, AI doesn’t judge or bring its own feelings into the mix, but that’s the problem. AI isn’t capable of emotions or empathy, qualities that are essential in therapy.
At the edge of a black hole, we will drag ourselves into a pit that we or our mockeries of creation will not escape. We will have given consciousness to something that cannot think, eyes to a being that will never truly see and a mouth to something that will never be able to scream.
Scura’s research was titled, “Can an 18th century French aristocrat be considered an American founding father?” The research she presented shed light on new topics and ideas that the students in the audience may not have been aware of. The research rehashed old ideas and turned them into something new and exciting, breathing life into new thoughts.
She arrived in Waco two years ago as a transfer. Now, after leading Baylor on the field and in the locker room, Tyler Isgrig begins her final conference run aiming for a championship and a lasting legacy.
Freshman outside hitters Ksenia Rakhmanchik and Bailey Warren stepped up for No. 21 Baylor, accounting for over 60% of the Bears’ total attacks as they swept UCF in the conference opener.
If Baylor wins a Big 12 championship this season, Dave Aranda’s legacy would be cemented as the best head football coach to come through Waco.
At Luna Café, messes, mismatched socks and even meltdowns are welcome. For co-owners Laís and Cida Loewen, it’s all part of creating a home for Waco families.
Baylor football will look to put pressure on Arizona State by winning the battle along the line of scrimmage and forcing the Sun Devils to make key mistakes in the conference opener.
Student volunteers and faculty waved students over with pens and papers on Fountain Mall Tuesday afternoon, pointing to QR codes for quick online sign-ups and laying out paper forms for those who wanted to participate in National Voter Registration Day.
Despite a 42-7 win over Samford Saturday, Baylor football was not quite content with the outcome of the game.
Though BSM has been housed in a single room in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center since the 1970s, the new facility on 4th Street and Daugherty Avenue will provide ample space for BSM’s staff and various ministries. The new building will be fitted with a 400-person capacity event room, offices for staff, a prayer room, a common area with ping-pong tables and a For Keeps coffee shop.
In a world full of AI uncertainties, Dell Technologies arrived on campus to spark curiosity and engage in thoughtful discussions. The bottom floor of Cashion hosted “Coffee and Donuts with Dell Technologies (AI)” on Tuesday morning.
I used to think you had to be a fraternity DJ to enjoy house music. Now, the genre claims a spot on my Spotify Wrapped every year. As an ex-hater, let me convince you why house deserves a place in every person’s playlist.
The hardest lesson may be permitting yourself to grieve in a place that constantly tells you to achieve. Grief does not fit neatly between midterms and extracurriculars. It interrupts. It blurs. It breaks schedules and refuses productivity.
A free concert is in order ahead of the football game on Saturday against Arizona State, featuring alumni and Texas locals, the Graham St. Clair Band.
