“If history wants to remember the first official homecoming game in college football, all the evidence suggests this was it,” the article stated.

“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.