Baylor News
Students gathered for Lu’au 2026, an annual celebration hosted by the Baylor Hawaii Club, in the SUB Barfield Drawing Room Friday evening. Despite the event’s sudden rearrangements due to the weather, attendees enjoyed a night of Hawaiian food and performances with a Texan twist.
Baylor opened its offseason with a frontcourt boost, landing Utah forward Reese Ross as its first transfer addition Friday. The 6-foot-1 former No. 1 player in South Dakota brings Big 12 experience, rebounding production and needed versatility as Baylor rebuilds its rotation.
North Richland Hills senior Annalise Shero’s musical thesis project, a three-year venture, culminated onstage on Saturday. Her composition and direction of “Tē Kallistē” wove a beautiful tale, encouraging discourse on the nature of beauty through the reimagining of the nine Muses from Greek mythology.
Decker led the Flames in scoring en route to a Conference USA regular-season championship, recording 16.9 points per game on 49.9/47.1/84.8 shooting splits.
Waco News
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.
Truett Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist Women in Ministry have created virtual opportunities to connect people from around the globe through webinars.
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
Texas voters turned out in historic numbers Tuesday, delivering victories for State Rep. James Talarico and forcing a runoff between Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the state’s U.S. Senate contest that claimed national attention. The total early-voting turnout of more than 2.5 million marks the highest ever for a midterm primary election. The results also kicked off the 2026 midterm cycle.
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