Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, survivors of the Vietnam War immigrated to America in search of a better life. After decades of carving out a home for themselves as refugees, the latest generation of Vietnamese American students hope to continue celebrating their parents’ legacy at Baylor.
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Chartered in 1990, Kappa Chi Alpha is a faith-based, non-Panhellenic sorority that combines traditional Greek life activities and service to the Waco community. Without a national association, KXA focuses it outreach on local organizations.
Living off campus doesn’t mean living without community. Baylor’s commuter students are finding ways to make staying on campus longer worth the hassle of a late-night drive home.
Miami freshman Joaquin Otero wants the Baylor Roblox community to be a place where students can make new friends.
Despite the rainy weather, students managed to find sunshine during Fiesta Friday in the SUB Barfield Drawing Room. Students gathered to celebrate the legacy of Hispanic culture in a celebration that included food, music, dancing, balloons and face painting.
Freight, a local sports bar, is located right outside Baylor University. Their trivia Tuesday events have caught students’ attention and turned Tuesday into a fun, competitive night with friends.
Martin Cuts, run by Clemmons, North Carolina, freshman Isaac Williams and Bellaire freshman Brandon Martin, allows male students to get haircuts right on campus.
A coffee shop in south Waco brings veterans, coffee and cool cars all in one place.
The sky was blue. So were the ribbons tied around cars; so was the train that Meredith Sutton was supposed to take beneath the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001
For many college students, finding a community that is stress free seems nearly impossible. However, one Baylor Minecraft server is working to change that. BearCraft is a student-run Minecraft server that allows Baylor students to play, create and chat across Discord and Minecraft.
Baylor Buddies is a mentorship program that connects student volunteers with at-risk elementary, middle and high school students in the Waco community. The volunteers spend at least an hour a week with their buddy during the school day in a fun way, whether it be making crafts, playing games or simply talking.
To celebrate Memorial Dining Hall’s renovation, BaylorEats held the grand opening Thursday, welcoming students into an updated space that blends Baylor tradition with a more modern design.
For incoming Bears, the first week at Baylor is about more than unpacking boxes. From worship and traditions to new friendships and mentorship, Welcome Week is designed to help students find their place in the Baylor community.
Devote yourselves to fellowship, commit to your community that’s right in front of you and be open to welcome others in. You have the power to create community. Besides, you may never know how much someone else needs a friend until you decide to be one.
Oftentimes we’re haunted by our failures. The cycle begins with feeling inadequate, even when we’ve exhausted ourselves with a never-ending list of goals. Yet the true failure is not what we aren’t able to accomplish; it’s failing to notice or celebrate every win that comes our way.
Los Angeles junior Maggie Skinner left her mark on the lives of her friends and anyone who had the chance to meet her. She built friendships that were intentional, consistent and deeply rooted in care. As the Baylor community remembers Maggie Skinner, her friends said her legacy is rooted in her love for others.
What might it look like if students attended All Are Neighbors, then walked together to the Quadrangle for prayer and, from there, continued on to the Turning Point USA event? What conversations might emerge not in isolation, but in movement — in the shared experience of listening, reflecting and then listening again?
Being a trailblazer comes with a legacy and a burden. For 47 years, the Nu Iota chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Incorporated has paved the way for others while standing strong in their principles of sisterhood and service.
Students from across the U.S. involved in Baylor’s OTD program gathered Wednesday afternoon for a social tailgate to bond with each other and celebrate their white coat ceremony.
The Waco chapter of the NAACP is celebrating 90 years of advocacy, marking nearly a century of civil rights work in the community while continuing to invest in the future generations through scholarships.
In a time where only the tensest interactions between civilians and law enforcement are being distributed across the internet, Baylor’s Department of Public Safety is doing things differently. Lighthearted informational posts and staff bios fill the department’s social media feed, while donut giveaways and bracelet-making workshops fill the time between patrols.
A new permanent housing development aimed at addressing homelessness is preparing to welcome its first residents.
Run With Christ, a nationally known organization, recently launched its Waco branch. Every Saturday morning, the club meets in Cameron Park for a devotional and worship before participants set off on a three-mile run or one-kilometer walk.
March of Dimes is bringing students together on campus to raise awareness and support for maternal and infant health one step at a time through Valentine’s crafts delivered to the NICU.
Color-coded calendars are filled to the brim with classes, shifts, workouts and hopefully blocking out time to eat in our busy schedules, while finding time with friends is treated like a luxury.
Mahjong, a strategy-based tile game deeply rooted in Chinese culture, has seen a surge in popularity recently. People from all different skill levels are coming to the table to play, whether it’s through newly formed leagues or for a good cause.
The Black Student Success Initiative and Black Faculty and Staff Association co-hosted Forward Together on Tuesday night in Marrs McLean Science Building to discuss descriptive representation. The goal was to encourage Black students and students of color to navigate struggles at Baylor and to prepare for life after graduation by hosting a career-readiness and leadership panel discussion.
As Baylor’s spring semester starts settling in, Baylor students say their emotional well-being is based on two main forces: the strength of Baylor’s community and the pressure of academic demands.
Dorm rooms and shared apartments function like small laboratories of adulthood. They are imperfect, crowded and often uncomfortable by design. You learn quickly that no one is coming to enforce bedtime or remind you to eat vegetables. In that absence, habits quietly step in to fill the void. How you wake up, how you respond to mess, how you treat shared space, how you handle tension — these patterns begin to solidify long before you realize they are becoming yours.
Women of Waco is a local networking group for women in business in the Waco area, including business owners, women who are job hunting and those who are simply looking for a community, Dr. Christy Flick said.
