Baylor News
Baylor soccer improved to 6-1-1 over the weekend behind two home 2-0 victories, increasing the Bears’ home winning streak to six games with a 5-0 home record this season.
Could SpongeBob be ruining your brain? In a Sept. 12th article from U.S. News titled “Is ‘SpongeBob’ Too Much for Young Minds?,” Steven Reinberg wrote “4-year-olds did worse in thinking skills after watching the cartoon, study says.”
Baylor men’s cross country finished first overall at the UTA Season Opener for the second year in a row, and the women finished third.
Baylor volleyball went 2-1 on the weekend at the MCM Elegante’ Invitational in Beaumont.
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.

