“I do think it has a great meaning, especially with the history and how it all started,” Chaves said. “I think it’s very nice to experience that in the whole week, and as an international student, I get a sense of home or belonging.”
“The only reason I am still here is is because God used the community of believers to support me in my healing,” Barnard said. “It wasn’t me going to church but the church coming to me.”
Much like the rest of the College of Arts and Sciences in October, the Film and Digital Media department is abuzz with classes, screenings and filmmaking. For those in other departments, filmmaking may seem like more fun than it is toil. But even just a five-minute film can take weeks and even months of work, according to Waco senior Avery Ballmann.
With less than 2 weeks until the presidential election, tensions are high across the country. A February 2024 Pew poll found that 65% of Americans are exhausted by politics and 55% are angry when they think about politics.
“While a shelter in Waco may have 15 or 20 people to care for 100 to 200 hundred dogs, the shelter in Guatemala only has about three or four people treating twice the amount of animals,” Cunningham said. “So, the 12 people we are able to bring on this trip, including myself and Mia, really helps alleviate the workers at the shelter too.”
CURRENT PRINT ISSUE
In Baylor’s Department of Public Health, a one-credit-hour course aims to help students manage stress and build resilience, but questions remain about whether well-being can truly be taught.
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After losing the first matchup to Tarleton State 6-5 earlier this month, Baylor fell to the Texans again in a disappointing 5-1 loss Tuesday night.
Leah Cran’s go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth inning proved to be the difference maker in a 11-9 win over Incarnate Word.
The Bears spent a spring morning Tuesday cruising past San Diego and securing a 4-1 team victory.
Dave Harper will assume the role of executive senior associate athletic director after a decade at Duquesne, where he served as athletics director and vice president of athletics.
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At the Waco STEAM Center, participants are doing more than just learning, they’re gaining experiences by building projects and working with new technology.
On Feb. 3, Penland Dining Hall received an 80 on a health inspection. While this doesn’t qualify for failure, it’s a significant decline from its previous low of 98.
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Baylor Sing 2026 ended with a historic moment this weekend. After years of competing, Beta Upsilon Chi has officially claimed its first-ever sing title, marking a milestone for the organization.
ARTS & LIFE
Bluebonnets are springing up all over the highways, Cameron Park and every grassy corner of Waco. While the iconic flower tends to attract roadside photographers, most people don’t know the risk they are taking when they stop.
Implementing recycling programs into Waco apartment complexes is an important step toward making the upcoming generation pay more attention to the environment. It’s the little things that make the largest difference.
If I had a nickel for every time a seemingly grown, educated man made a weird comment or had a strange excitement or stereotype about me being Latina, Filipina or whichever random race of the week he was trying to guess I was, I’d have a lot of nickels. If I combined those profits with my friends experiences, we’d probably be millionaires.
At a university that identifies itself as Christian, social media posts about Christianity are often akin to performative activism posts. Sharing stories or posts to prove that you are a good Christian is, in fact, decidedly unchristian and only adds to certain stereotypes.
What is supposed to be a huge music festival with big-name artists has evolved to be an expensive and miserable fashion show for celebrities and influencers.
Yes, the power of prayer is very real. Yes, it is important that as a community, we are educated on the issues that could have a monumental impact on our world. However, it is possible to do more. We aren’t asking for a full-tuition write-off, but to provide one panel with little follow through isn’t enough.
It is absurd that the president is the one who picks the U.S. Supreme Court justices. The problem with the nomination process of the Supreme Court is this: It should not be politicized.



