Baylor News
From the first photo to its theatrical release, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has received numerous criticisms for its lack of historical accuracy; this criticism misses the whole point of Homer’s original poem and of Greek myths as a whole.
The new fountains aim to provide runners and other students with reliable access to drinking water, but some senators questioned whether the nearly $38,000 price tag is the best use of student government funds.
It is so very easy to escape nowadays. But we must distinguish when escapism serves as a refuge and when it becomes a new life.
The Barfield Drawing Room bustled with students Wednesday and Thursday as students gathered to connect through culture at LatinX Night and Asian Mosaic Night, respectively, which concluded the Mosaic Week hosted by the Multicultural Affairs Office.
Waco News
Gas prices in Texas have surged more than 70 cents per gallon since the U.S. went to war with Iran three weeks ago. The near-total shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has driven oil prices up more than 40%, pushing the national average to its highest point since 2023 and sending diesel past $5 for the first time in three years.
The Baylor University Institute for Oral History hosted the Black History Month Walk to honor on the people in history that might have been forgotten. The annual event hosted about 100 people through the streets of Waco Saturday morning, beginning at the McLennan County courthouse.
Between Valley Mills Drive and Irving Lee Street — home to campus’s closest H-E-B — the southbound I-35 frontage road has been cut down to one lane since mid-2025. Its completion, along with other parts of the project, such as a new intersection at Valley Mills, will improve the driving experience in the area. But for now, traffic has swelled on the street where students make their final right turn into the H-E-B parking lot.
Previously a national security correspondent, Sid Balman Jr. has written a new novel that shifts from his focus on foreign conflict to a tragedy closer to home: “The Mural.”
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
Tensions continued to grow over the summer between political adversaries as Texas state Sen. James Talarico called on Attorney General Ken Paxton to release internal records related to a controversial child sexual abuse case involving former Waco attorney and Baylor Law graduate Adam Hoffman.
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