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With four students working together to reactivate the Middle Eastern Student Association (MESA), an estimated 40 students have shown interest in joining the organization.

Baylor’s student government is committed to representing the student body and enriching the quality of student life, but what exactly does that mean when put to action?

It is estimated that more than 100,000 people are currently on the waitlist for lifesaving organ transplants. It is also estimated that every nine minutes, someone is added to the list. Baylor alumnus Dr. Corbin Goerlich is researching a way to save lives through an alternative method of transplantation.

Many police departments across the U.S. have police chaplains, which can be volunteer or paid positions. Chaplains provide emotional, moral and spiritual support to officers whenever it is needed.

“We’re going to have to rebuild our reproductive rights and protections from the ground up with legislation, and the only way we can do that is get a pro-choice legislature everywhere,” Cheryl Foster, Waco community member and former Planned Parenthood volunteer, said. “So, Nov. 8 is our first opportunity to stop this nonsense.”

Baylor strives to help students afford their Baylor education through many resources, including academic scholarships, financial aid and various awards, according to its scholarships and aids webpage. Apart from those options, Baylor also offers student employment opportunities through Federal Work-Study.

On Monday, a leaked Supreme Court document containing an opinion draft regarding Roe v. Wade made headlines. The leaked opinion overturns the 1973 decision, which established the constitutional right to an abortion.

Students can seek spiritual support through Baylor University’s pastoral care department, senior coordinator for care and campus ministries Tyler Conway said.

Orthodox Christian Fellowship works to educate and share their faith with members of Baylor’s community.

Since being born deaf, Waco sophomore Joshua Olivarez has long relied on faith as his strongest motivation.

Baylor’s Summer of Discovery will be returning for its third summer in a row, offering discounted prices for students who wish to get ahead or catch up with credit hours during vacation time.

Students from other classifications share what they did back in their first summer of college.

“What I loved about Baylor — that I think we have retained even though we’ve grown larger — is it felt like a community,” Ford said. “When I walked across campus, I saw people I knew. I was able to get to know my professors. I felt like I got to know everybody in my classes.”

Baylor is full of countless resources for students to get ahead on their writing, research and assignments. The university has several research libraries, institutes and centers. Moody Memorial Library and Jesse H. Jones Library — the main research complex and libraries on campus — provide over 3.5 million physical resources and over 1.3 million electronic resources to students.

Understanding campus norms is a vital part of getting the true experience that university has to offer. Baylor is no exception. The university has its own expectations and norms that not every student may be aware of. To aid with this, students shared their advice on what to do and what not to do when roaming the streets of Baylor’s campus.

In the last regularly scheduled newscast of the year, we highlight two Baylor students: one became a kidney recipient, and…

For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Peace Corps hosted an in-person panel discussion, meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday in Cashion Academic Center.

Some of Baylor’s best work takes place while students sleep – literally. LTVN’s Kaity Kempf visited The Baylor Sleep and…

Former President Donald Trump will stop in Austin along his American Freedom Tour to speak on faith, family, finance and freedom: the four ideals of the tour.

“This is such a special journey for all of our students, but for our first-generation students, there’s that extra layer of that uniqueness of the journey in them being the first in their families to pursue higher education,” Michelle Gonzalez, program manager, said. “It’s a huge accomplishment. We can’t let them just graduate and not lift them up one more time.”

As wind advisories continue to gust into campus, Waco winds have often left students hanging onto their hats and pulling their hair back.

After spending 15 years in an office in the Cashion-Hankamer basement, Krista Howell — assistant dean of undergraduate programs at Hankamer School of Business — has a new office shining bright through the windows of the Paul. L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

Advocates from Unbound Global, a Waco-based anti-trafficking organization, as well as Joseph Scaramucci, human trafficking detective for McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, were on the ground identifying possible traffickers, helping refugees cross the border into Poland safely and giving supplies to refugees. Scaramucci also said he helped train local law enforcement to fight human trafficking.

As the school year comes to a close, student government has ushered in a new wave of representative voices for future Baylor students.

Seniors Bethany Neubert and Hannah Deal share their experiences with Cru and their plans for meeting in Collins moving forward.

Beginning this month, Baylor has increased the amount of assistance an eligible faculty or staff member is able to receive for adoption.

The exhibit was in the Bill Daniel Student Center Den and consisted of pieces of denim on display, and students were encouraged to write uplifting and encouraging messages on the jeans.

Sixteen members of Baylor’s Model United Nations (UN) team traveled to New York to take part in the National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN-NY) and came back bearing new personal accomplishments.

As the summer approaches and Baylor’s minimester begins on May 16, Baylor’s Office of Access and Learning Accommodation (OALA) continues to accommodate and support students throughout all terms.

McLennan County contains a greater rate of food insecurity than any surrounding county, according to Dr. Sara Alexander, professor of anthropology with an adjunct position in the environmental science department. Her class, applied anthropology, has begun a research project in order to provide World Hunger Relief Inc. with the necessary information to establish new programs and evaluate current ones to alleviate this problem within the local community.