Baylor safety and Waco senior Ahmad D. Dixon, 22, was arrested Thursday and charged with a Class A misdemeanor assault, according to a public release form by Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department.

Dixon’s arrest stemmed from the alleged assault of a 21-year-old male the night of Sept. 16, according to the press release. The unidentified man reported to Waco police officers on Sept. 17 that he was attacked while he was visiting his cousin at The Grove apartment complex, where Dixon also lives The assailant was playing video games inside the apartment where the victim’s cousin lives.

U.S. foreign policy failures and indifference to those who suffer for their religious convictions are the topic of discussion 3 p.m. Monday at Kayser Auditorium.

Dr. Thomas F. Farr, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, will talk to Baylor students and faculty about failures of U.S. foreign policy and what he called a “crisis of religious liberty.” He directs the Religious Freedom Project and the Program on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy at the Berkley Center.

With no Baylor football game to attend this weekend, students can spend their Saturday night at Common Grounds sipping coffee, listening to music and helping fight cancer.

Common Grounds will feature six local artists, including three Baylor students, at 8 p.m. to help Braden James Guess, a University of Texas at Austin sophomore.

The city of Waco is counting on area non-profits to help tally up the number of the people they assist.

The Heart of Texas Homelessness Management Information System is a database that local nonprofit assistance providers are using to keep their services data-informed.

With the completion of the MAP-Works program pilot year at Baylor, students and faculty are reaping the benefits through record-high retention rates and students expressing feelings of connectedness on campus.

Incoming freshmen and transfer students use MAP-Works, an online self-assessment tool that stands for “making achievement possible,” to analyze their strengths and weakness socially and in the classroom during their transition into university life.