Baylor News
Midterm elections are just around the corner, and Americans all across the country will be casting their ballot. To help students make their voices heard through their vote, Baylor Ambassadors, in collaboration with Student Government and over 10 student organizations, will host a free voter registration drive Tuesday and Sept. 30.
As the 2026 Vardaman Lecturer, Du Mez addressed a large audience on Monday at the Fudge Family Auditorium in the Hurd Welcome Center to speak on her new book, “Live Laugh Love: The Secret World of White Christian Women and the World They Made”. The book explores the theological exclusion of women in modern American Christianity and explains how religious innovators taught that positivity was the secret to spiritual and material success.
From a town of just over 2,000 people to the biggest stage of college soccer, Grace White is quickly making a name for herself.
The new emphasis on protein intake and continued popularity of gym culture have led to food companies hopping on the train of creating “protein” versions of their existing products. While there is a difference in protein intake between the two versions of the same product, the actual nutritional value remains mostly the same, regardless of what marketing departments try to tell you.
Waco News
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.
Economic development and infrastructure continue to be important issues for Waco City Council candidates.
Garland freshman was initially turned away from the polls.
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.

