Baylor News

The 2-2 Bears travel to Georgia for a three-game series starting at 4 p.m. Friday. Junior Logan Verrett, Baylor’s ace pitcher, will get the series’ first start and attempt to bounce back from a rough 2011 debut against Oral Roberts last Friday.

Need a break from all those midterms? Come volunteer with Campus Kitchens. Meet in the Family and Consumer Sciences Kitchen at 3:00 on Tuesday or 3:30 on Thursday to do some hands-on hunger relief.

The 3-2 Baylor men’s squad returns to Baylor Tennis Center for a 1 p.m. Sunday matchup with No. 31 Mississippi State. The Bears dropped to No. 11 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings but have not yet lost to a non-top 10 opponent. The Baylor women, fresh from defeating two top-15 opponents last weekend in Tennessee and UCLA, challenge No. 60 Fresno State at noon Saturday.

Legendary composer Steve Reich will speak at Baylor from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday in room 137 of the Marrs-McLean Science Building. The event is free but reservations must be e-mailed in advance to Todd Meehan.

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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.