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Financial freedom and college are not usually two words that go together, and with inflation on the rise, extreme budgeting is becoming more of a trend among students. Here is a list of discounts specifically for students, ranging from food delivery apps and streaming services to clothing stores.

This Women’s History Month, treat yourself to things that make you feel beautiful, inside and out. Here is a complete list of where to get your self-maintenance done without running the risk of streaky highlights.

While some Baylor students will whisk away to Cancún or Greece over spring break, most are stuck looking at their bank accounts and wondering how many fast-food charges is too many. It can be difficult to find places to visit without spending upward of a grand, so here are a few ideas that will save you from FOMO without breaking the bank.

When I first sat down, Black began by asking me to place the money for the reading in my hands and make a wish; she then proceeded to ask me to cut the deck of tarot cards she had earlier placed in front of me. After doing so, Black asked me to tell her two questions I wanted to know about.

The holiday season is upon us. Your residence hall or small apartment might be feeling drab, but the cost of decorating means your budget feels limited to a Charlie Brown Christmas. Here’s how to decorate without breaking the bank.

As the first day of fall quickly approaches, it’s time to get into the spooky season spirit with vintage shopping, fall markets and paranormal sightings. Here are the best of Waco events and activities this week.

Moving into a tiny room with a stranger is intimidating. As a freshman, you not only have to deal with finding your classes and enduring the chaos of running the Baylor Line for the first time, but you are also expected to make lifelong friends. Rest assured, you don’t need to learn your roommate’s deepest secrets or memorize their family tree in one day — it’s much easier.

Here are some of the best and worst design choices we make in college. If you find yourself guilty of some of these, it’s OK. We all make mistakes sometimes.

We’ve almost made it through the first month of school. Here are some things to do this week to get you through the homestretch and reach the first milestone of the semester.

Podcasts are nothing new. In 2004 — the dawn of the “Apple Era” — Adam Curry and Dave Winer sought to find a way to download online radio broadcasts to an iPod, coining the term “podcast” from the words “iPod” and “broadcast.” Today, it seems every celebrity, professional athlete and internet influencer has a podcast. Baylor students weighed in on their favorite podcasts.

While campus may be quiet during the summer months, Waco is certainly not on pause. Here are some of the best things to put on your Waco itinerary that happen each week, and some things to look forward to so there’s always something to do.

As the hotly-anticipated summer vacation approaches, you may be wondering what to do with all that spare time now that classes are out. Although some of us may be working a job or internship, here are our favorite things to do with our down time during the summer months if you’d like to do something other than scroll on social media all day.

The Atkins Tent Revival & SUNNN | April 29 | 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Bridge Street Plaza, 200 E Bridge St. | As part of the 2023 Levitt AMP Waco Music Series, The Atkins Tent Revival and SUNNN, a band of Baylor students, will bring a splash of sound to Bridge Street.

As studying kicks up in the next couple of weeks in an attempt to save your GPA this semester, it’s important to remember to take a break every once in a while. Here are our recommendations for a relaxing study break.

First, it’s a refreshing break from other new reality TV releases like “Love is Blind.” There’s no brattiness or catfights, and you can safely watch “Jury Duty” knowing that the whole thing being scripted is part of the fun, not just a way to force an otherwise boring show to be more interesting.

Festivities to kick of the reopening of Waco’s iconic bridge will include live music and a drone show. The official ribbon-cutting will take place Saturday, followed by a longhorn cattle-driving across the bridge.

Late April, the season of looking around in Moody Library for a seat next to an outlet, standing for half an hour in the Starbucks line and eventually just scrolling on TikTok instead of doing work. If you’re looking for an escape from the same old finals season drudgery, here are our recommendations for the best study spots — far, far away from Moody.

This works for other tasks, like cleaning or anything similarly tedious. And if you’re a complete clown like me that ends up scrolling on my phone when I’m supposed to be working, bring a STEM major friend. They don’t mess around about studying.

The light-hearted name also reveals the purpose of the podcast, a platform on which she hopes to share her experiences and what she learns from her life in the current stage she is in as a college student, almost like a sort of verbal diary, Brooke said. Although the name suggests a ‘girls only’ requisite, Brooke said the podcast is open to anyone who is willing to listen.