Baylor News
Acclaimed “Doubt” playwright, screenwriter and director John Patrick Shanley will visit Baylor on Monday. Shanley will be discussing his career as a part of the Beall-Russell 2011 Lecture in the Humanities.
Four years ago and almost four hours away from Waco, four guys from the same hometown got together to do what they do best: jam.
More than 80 percent of children from high-income homes graduate college, compared to 8 percent of children from low-income homes, according to a statistic quoted by Teach For America representative Ana Wolfowicz. The organization is fighting to change that statistic one teacher at a time.
Baylor’s running back corps does not receive much focus with the athletic ability of junior quarterback Robert Griffin III. Praise usually goes to him for game performance week in and week out.
Waco News
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.

