Despite striving to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service, the Baylor Trends statistic reports the ratio of female students’ population to male has been oscillating the 60% to 40% range since 2017. With a high of 64% female population in 2021, the university has been experiencing an incremental decline to create a more evenly spread student population.
“With the the images of Austin Avenue, it made Waco realize that Austin Avenue has so much great potential and because it was the main thoroughfare in the city of Waco at one time, it could be that again,” Hunt said.
“It started when I was about 9 years old,” Little said. “I was one of those nerdy little kids who spent her lunchtime in the library reading real ghost stories.”
“Occasionally eating a high amount of candy has not been shown to cause’ long-term effects, but it can definitely have short-term effects if the person is prone to hyperglycemia,” Taylor said. “On the other hand, eating an excessive amount of sugar over the long term can have detrimental effects.”
“We don’t want to see any individual in our community harmed by this form of abuse,” Willis said. “If you see anything that’s unhealthy, we want you to be able to recognize it and have strategies to either intervene yourself or report anonymously.”
CURRENT PRINT ISSUE
Early Thursday afternoon, a widespread outage hit Microsoft 365 platforms, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot. The outage specifically affected Baylor students and faculty, as the university relies heavily on Microsoft 365 for daily operations and campus-wide communication.
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No. 3 seed Baylor fell behind twice in the pouring rain and pulled within one goal both times, but No. 1 seed BYU held on for a 3-2 win and the Big 12 title.
Baylor entered the weekend behind schedule with the nationwide flight ground stop. The Bears remained a step behind No. 10 BYU, losing 28-7 behind a stagnant offense and an inability to stop the run.
Kickoff for Baylor’s matchup against No. 10 BYU is moved to 6 p.m. Saturday. The Bears are set to fly out of Waco at 9:30 a.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted the ground stop for all flights around 7 p.m. Friday. Baylor is still expected to leave for Provo, Utah, Saturday morning.
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ARTS & LIFE
There are thousands of books, DVDs and other media to explore at The Friends of the Waco-McLennan County Library Book Sale. The annual sale is the culmination of a community-wide effort that has connected books and readers for over 60 years.
Get a group of friends together, whether they watch the NFL or not, and see who can put together the best team.
It seems all students these days are rushing Greek life, but is it right for you?
As a Texas native, I can attest that the heat can be tough, but the cold hits another level of unbearable.
Stop the idea that women-specific items must be priced higher than those targeted for men just because they’re pink and scented.
With the recent attention brought to this case, it begs the question, can R. Kelly’s unspeakable actions be forgiven just because he made music that many people love? There is not a simple answer, but it is difficult to imagine supporting an artist who has done such unimaginable things.
More people should go to art museums and galleries in Waco to become more cultured and to nurture the Waco art scene.



