Baylor News
Freshman designated hitter Dylan Perez walked it off, helping Baylor beat UTSA 10-9 in 12 innings. Perez’s hit capped off a four-hour, 42-minute thriller on Tuesday night.
Carr, a projected first-round pick, led the Bears in scoring with 18.9 points per game. The 6-foot-5 guard played one season at Baylor after starting his career at Tennessee.
As the spring semester intensifies and academic pressures rise, Baylor’s annual Diadeloso celebration provides students with a much-needed opportunity to step away from coursework and reconnect with campus life.
The English department will launch a new international literary magazine, Independence Literary Review. Dr. Laura Biagi, lecturer in the English department, will teach a class in the fall that publishes the literary magazine.
Waco News
Jose Vidaña, Cary DuPuy and Robin Houston, will remain on the Waco ISD school board after being re-elected to the school board.
All five general election races in McLennan County have been won by Republicans with over 60% of the vote being earned by winners.
Waco’s two Texas House seats and one Texas Senate seat are each up for grabs this Election Day. While they agree on COVID-19 taking center stage, a wealth of other issues make each candidate stand out.
McLennan County voters will not only select their ideal presidential candidate Tuesday, but a representative for District 3 and two at-large seats on the Waco ISD school board. The election, originally scheduled for May of this year, was postponed due to COVID-19.
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.
