Sex trafficking isn’t a distant tragedy. It thrives because we tolerate objectification in social media. We normalize pornography because we scroll past awareness posts, thinking that someone else will fix it. Our faith commands us to act, but our comfort has made us passive. Silence isn’t an option.

Everybody talks about homesickness in regard to the holidays. Still, not enough people discuss the dread many students face when returning home that comes not because of poor familial relationships, but because of the loss of identity many experience.

I transferred from Syracuse University last year, and its absence policy was determined on a professor-by-professor basis. Some classes had stringent attendance policies, while others had none. While that is the complete opposite of Baylor’s policy, I feel there should be a middle ground that balances regular class attendance with more situational leniency on the students’ part.

Baylor’s Ruth Kimeli finished the cross country season for the Bears Saturday, placing 112th in the NCAA Championships. The sophomore set a new personal record for the Gans Creek Cross Country Course and came just shy of setting a career personal record.

In the haze of a cultural battlefield, the church is struggling to decide whether to speak louder or love deeper. In a world that perceives complicated issues only in black and white, churches often mirror that mindset, choosing one calling and neglecting the other.

After a blowout loss to No. 13 Utah, Baylor is looking to focus on correcting the small mistakes that snowballed into opportunities for the opponent to capitalize on. The Bears remain one game out of bowl eligibility with two games left to play.

With endless blocks of skyscrapers, millions of fast-shuffling feet and only a tiny presence of Baylor alumni, it’s easy for the Bears of New York’s finance scene to feel as out of place as the 1600-mile distance from Waco would suggest. But there’s a world out there where Baylor’s footprint in the Big Apple is just as sizable as the dominant ones in Dallas and Houston.

While the Bears placed 12th overall in the NCAA South Central Regionals, sophomore Ruth Kimeli placed eighth individually, putting her just out of reach for automatic qualification in the NCAA Championships. She is still eligible for an at-large spot.

The No. 9-ranked Bears couldn’t hold on after a close first half against No. 7 SMU, eventually losing 11-6 to close out the fall season.

Baylor has lost nine straight to SMU, stretching back to 2017. The Bears had previously gone undefeated in the first decade of the rivalry. With one win already at home, Baylor looks to end the fall slate remaining undefeated at home and tie the all-time record against SMU.

Representing other cultures does not negate your own Christianity, the same way being a student at Baylor does not automatically make you a Baptist. As students, we represent Baylor as a Christian university as much as you, and we reflect God’s love by showing the same compassion and care to our fellow students.

In case a current college relationship doesn’t work out, don’t worry — the Baylor Marriage Pact offers students a compatible match to fall back on. Back for its second consecutive year, the Baylor Marriage Pact is an online survey that uses data to match students based on highest compatibility.

Michael Trigg leads Baylor football with 607 yards receiving and ranks No. 46 in the country in total receiving yards. He’s the only tight end in the top 70.

After an exciting home victory over UCF, the Bears got some time to recover during the bye week, with arguably their most difficult matchup of the season — No. 15 Utah — just around the corner.

Baylor’s Homecoming Parade is one of the university’s oldest and most beloved traditions. Every year, thousands of students, alumni and families line the streets of Waco to cheer on the floats that pass by. But behind the finished products lie months of hard work and dedication that many never see.

The hardest version of forgiveness isn’t about someone else’s mistakes. It’s about your own. It’s easier to extend grace to people who hurt us than it is to look back and forgive the person we used to be.

“Community is a space where you can ask questions, disagree and still belong,” Perryman said. “That is what the BIC stands for. The cost of acting is hard, but the cost of not acting is higher. Courage is the new currency; it’s what will take us from where we are to where we need to be.”

Baylor soccer traveled to Stillwater, Okla. for its last regular-season game of the year Thursday. The Bears showcased a strong performance to gain their 12th win of the season and clinch the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament.

Generation after generation, Baylor students continue to return to the campus their parents called home. For these families, homecoming is more than just a campus tradition; it is a celebration of a legacy.

Depending on when they graduated, Baylor alumni will give you a different profile of their time in Waco. From year to year, those differences might be as small as a better football record or a few new faculty, but when you compare Baylor of the 1970s to the campus we call home today, the two schools are vastly different.

On a campus that preaches “love thy neighbor,” it’s worth asking what that really means. Loving your neighbor doesn’t just mean smiling at the people who look like you or go to the same church as you. It means stepping outside of your comfort zone and even loving thy neighbor, even if that neighbor has pink hair and a nose ring.

ATO hosts multiple other events throughout the year to raise money for the cause, including a pickleball tournament that happened earlier in the week. Through these events and other donation links and crowdfunding, they have raised close to $40,000 so far, and are very proud of this year’s participation.

The past five days, the Bears competed in ITA Regionals and came away with success against Texas A&M, Rice, Texas, UIW and Texas Tech.

Perhaps college is best experienced when you’re not looking for your husband or wife. Maybe not everyone is even meant to experience marriage. But one thing that we will all collectively experience is friendship.

The Family Abuse Center hosted Dancing with the Waco Stars last Thursday night. This is a yearly charity event that is used to help raise awareness and support people who are affected by domestic violence.

Baylor has boasted some of college football’s biggest names at the quarterback position. Here are the top five Baylor signal-callers from the past 25 years.

After a much-needed bye week for Baylor football, the team continues to prep for the Bluebonnet Battle against TCU. The Bears enter Week 8 focused on mental strength and a consistently fast pace of play.

Baylor Men’s Basketball has been nothing short of successful in the past 25 years. Here are the top five stars from this generation.

Baylor track and field athletes are trading competition for community this fall, leading a six-week youth running program through the national nonprofit Run Your City. The Waco chapter kicked off its first season Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 19 at Rice Field, with free sessions held Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m.

Looking to come back from an 0-2 start to the season, No. 8 Baylor equestrian dropped an 11-8 nail-biter to No. 5 TCU at Bear Creek Farms in Fort Worth to end their three-match road stretch.