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A lot of us may embrace and engage in the large prayer tent on Fountain Mall and various conversations surrounding the three-day Christianpalooza, also known as FM72. There is beauty in having a space for that on a college campus. However, this is one of numerous examples of public, almost performative, Christianity at Baylor.

While the spring Welcome Weekend might be less known than its fall counterpart, it’s a beneficial time for transfers and new students to become established at Baylor, said Dr. Nathan Shelburne, director of New Student Programs.

Even for a southern state that is warm year-round like Texas, such a phenomenon is atypical — at least it wasn’t seen in the last two winters, when the spring semesters would arrive in mid of cold winter air and icy temperatures.