Baylor News
The all-male high-heel race stole the spotlight at Alpha Chi Omega’s fall philanthropy event, but its purpose extends far beyond a friendly competition between Greek organizations.
No. 13 Baylor fought to a 1-0 victory over TCU in front of a record-setting blackout crowd on Friday night. The Bears picked up their first win against TCU in the Michelle Lenard era.
Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, survivors of the Vietnam War immigrated to America in search of a better life. After decades of carving out a home for themselves as refugees, the latest generation of Vietnamese American students hope to continue celebrating their parents’ legacy at Baylor.
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Waco News
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.”
Women of Waco’s inaugural networking conference, Level Up 2026, aims at providing women with a support network that fosters more inclusive workplaces and a community of women to thrive in professional careers.
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.

