Baylor News
Baseball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis all lost to TCU this weekend, while softball bounced back and women’s basketball landed a new transfer.
Tiriah Kelley delivered a top-10 national time in her outdoor 200 debut, while Molly Haywood reclaimed the pole vault podium. Baylor backed it up with relay improvements and personal bests across a loaded field at the Tom Jones Memorial meet.
Baylor held the advantage heading into a Sunday doubleheader against TCU, taking game one 11-4 on Friday night. the Horned Frogs spoiled the Bears’ chance at a series win with a two-game sweep on Sunday.
No. 2 seed TCU took care of business against No. 3 seed Baylor men’s tennis, sweeping the Bears 4-0 in the Big 12 Championship semifinals.
Waco News
Baylor plans for a “normal” semester as vaccination efforts increase.
As the CDC moved the social distancing requirement for K-12 schools from six feet to three feet, Waco ISD has decided to maintain 6-foot distancing to finish out the school year.
People driving through Waco aren’t the only ones who deal with the constant construction in Waco. Students and faculty must work with the construction to make it to class or work on-time without fail.
The City of Waco is preparing to open up more places in three different phases, allowing for more activities and events to happen. While including continued safety measures and increased occupancy in some places, this new plan is getting students excited for normalcy.
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.
