In its first weekly meeting this year, the student senate voted unanimously on Thursday to pass both the Delta Tau Delta Traditions Rally Bill and the Education Affordability Act.

The Delta Tau Delta Traditions Rally Bill, authored by Rockwall senior Senator Nick Pokorny, will allocate $10,000 from the Student Government Allocation Fund to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity to pay for the 2012 Traditions Rally musical act, Cory Morrow. Any money not used will be returned to the fund. The bill states the event will be moved to the new Baylor Stadium upon its completion.

On June 19, 2012 five climbers from Waco set out to summit Mount Rainier, the highest peak in Washington’s Cascade range.

Rainier, popular with outdoor adventurers, climbs 14,411 feet above the Pacific Ocean. On a clear day it can be seen from Portland to the Canadian border.

Baylor engineering students, in conjunction with the Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER), are in the process of designing a device that will be sent into space in the near future.

A plastic surgeon was charged with capital murder Thursday after prosecutors said he hired a man to kill another doctor who was dating his ex-girlfriend and paid for the murder using silver bars.