Baylor News
Musgrave’s genius truly lies within tracks like “Slow Burn,” “High Horse” and “Butterflies.” Whether you’re looking for an easy-going song perfect for watching the sunset or needing something to cry to, this album has both.
When most Baylor students eat Chick-fil-A on campus, they’re served by staff in the Bill Daniel Student Center. For the lucky ones who attend the business school’s “Nugget Pop-Ups,” that server becomes Dean David Szymanski. But yesterday, Szymanski took it up a notch by inviting Chick-fil-A Chairman Dan Truett Cathy to campus, where the chicken restaurant’s lead man took on a job well below his qualifications: handing out nuggets to hungry business students with a smile and a “my pleasure” each time.
After failing to make the Baylor football team and suffering a devastating ankle injury, senior Levi Desser discovered rugby, a sport he didn’t even know existed in America, and turned it into a pathway toward professional play in France.
Work began at the end of last month and is expected to be completed sometime this spring. While Baylor’s live mascots, American black bears Indy and Belle, will spend time at their off-campus site during some parts of the project, Associate Director of Student Activities and Director of Baylor Chamber of Commerce Dr. Austin Smith said that they’ll be around as much as possible, especially for some big weekends coming up.
Waco News
Republican Pete Sessions has officially been elected to represent US House District 17, which includes Waco-McLennan County, after Bill Flores retirement.
Andrea J. Barefield will once again be serving as the Waco District One City Council Member after being re-elected Tuesday night.
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.
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
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, with the execution scheduled for 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Central Texas military installation, roughly an hour from Baylor’s campus.

