Baylor News
Four years ago, Baylor’s Mariachi ensemble was formed. Fast-forward to today, and this year, all the founding members will be graduating.
The Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo, held at the Extraco Events Center from October 3-13, is an annual non-profit fair that gathers roughly 200,000 fairgoers per year. It also gathers multitudes of animals, varying from sheep to sea lions.
The Student Body Constitution states that fall elections must occur prior to the sixth Friday of the semester, which would be Oct. 4. However, a delay arose due to a previously unfilled vacancy in the electoral commissioner position, Hewitt sophomore and senate public relations chair Naomi Burgess said.
You are not in a Hallmark movie set in a small town on the East Coast, where couples are bundled up in sweaters as they compete in the town’s apple bobbing and pie contests.
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.

