Baylor News
The McBride Center of International Business is taking applications for its new Embedded Development through Global Engagement program this spring. Students can earn three credit hours in a class centered on a trip to one of three destinations, two of which are new; they include Munich, Germany, Lisbon, Portugal and Mongolia.
Chartered in 1990, Kappa Chi Alpha is a faith-based, non-Panhellenic sorority that combines traditional Greek life activities and service to the Waco community. Without a national association, KXA focuses it outreach on local organizations.
There is hope for improvement of Saturday Night Live due to the arrival of a new cast member: Grace Reiter. She brings a newer style of comedy to her work, a kind of comedy that’s so unique and appropriate for all ages.
On September 13, Bo French posted on X an image of UT Students celebrating a victory at a UT vs Ohio State football game with predominately South Asian students, captioned, “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.” Bo French, we are not a problem.
Waco News
“It’s about more than dollars and cents,” Hilliard said. “It’s about making sure people feel safe driving their cars.”
“It just shows that there are people that care about their police department, but also care about their fellow neighbors and their community,” Shipley said. “They want to see a thriving area to live in. It’s great to know that there are people out there willing to help us meet that goal.”
Recent winter chills and freezing temperatures caught many by surprise and also risked the health of many. The flu is currently spreading around campus, but current bronchitis and pneumonia outbreaks are creating a riskier health setting.
“There’s an awareness that the words you share could be used by God to shape the future of thousands of lives,” Pokluda said. “My desired goal is always to point people to Jesus and to remind them that their lives matter in His story. Speaking at Passion is an opportunity to pour into the next generation of leaders, and that responsibility is one I don’t take lightly.”
Covid-19
“Since July 1st, Baylor’s campus has had nine positives out of 48 tests,” Stern said. “And in the last month alone, we have had seven positives out of 29 tests, which is almost a 25% positivity rate.”
State News
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.

