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.
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.

