Baylor News
The defensive line has seen themselves at the head of the Bears’ new “attacking” approach to the defensive side of the ball
After trailing 3-1 heading into the fifth inning, Sam Houston State struck for four runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth. The six-run outpour proved to be too much for Baylor to overcome on Tuesday night, as the Bears fell 7-5.
Frisco junior Abhi Rajkumar, a University Scholar majoring in a pre-med track with a focus on human biology research, was awarded the Hilde Spielvogel Award at the Human Biology Association Conference. The annual award is given to one undergraduate researcher based on the quality of research, analysis and presentation, as evaluated by the association’s publications committee.
Hundreds of hours. Thousands of minutes invested into one flawless routine that brought the Songleaders to victory at nationals in Orlando, Fla. This year, the Baylor dance team was in the D1 large category, which is based on university size.
Waco News
After opening their second location in Waco last year, Mamaka Bowls plans to expand to Fort Worth.
After more awareness around hate crimes perpetuated against Asian Americans has been brought to the country’s attention lately, an Asian American Baylor student was assaulted by four men near the intersection of South 3rd Street and Gurley Lane.
Three male suspects remain at large after police search woods Monday afternoon.
Two 18-year-olds have been shot and killed in Waco in the past two weeks in gang-related shootings.
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.
