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‘Normal People’ is a tragically accurate depiction of love and life in college
By Kamryn Anthis | Staff Writer The way Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron in Sally Rooney’s Normal People weave in and out of each other’s lives during their college years, as they each struggle through the growing pains of life, encapsulates beautifully how it feels to trans...
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Tips could be someone’s answered prayer
By Stephanie Starks | Staff Writer Tips make up a majority of a waiter’s income. We should be kind to our service workers and tip them. This causes around 5.5 million United States workers to miss out on the income that they rely on. By tipping food service workers, customers can...
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Keeping watching your childhood favorites
By Aiden Richmond | LTVN Managing Editor Picture yourself 10 years old again. You’re in fifth grade and you wake up to a crisp Saturday fall morning. Unless you had a weird obsession with the wonky opening of ESPN’s College GameDay programming, you were most likely switching the ...
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How Wacoans, students get where they need to go with high gas prices
By Dylan Sciacca | Reporter For students driving to campus and around Waco, the gas station is an essential stop. However, gas prices have been high since the Iran war began February 2026 , and the prices have been on a steady increase and have stayed high compared to a year ago....
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Indie rock to make its Foster debut with Mt. Joy
By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor Country and Christian music have dominated Foster Pavilion’s brief history as a concert venue. However, Mt. Joy and Ax and The Hatchetmen will bring a new genre to the stage 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The concert follows two country-filled shows by Ol...
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Baylor plays with chip on its shoulder ahead of Kansas matchup
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Baylor’s loss to TCU left fans and the team frustrated and disappointed. The offense was silent for four quarters in front of the largest crowd of the season, leaving a hollow feeling in Baylor’s locker room. While the defeat still lingers, the Be...
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Isaac Williams embraces leadership role as Baylor men’s basketball eyes big goals
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer For some college athletes, the offseason brings uncertainty. The transfer portal has let athletes find new homes and opportunities, making it tough to decide where to go next. But for junior guard Isaac Williams, there was never any uncertainty ab...
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Taliah Scott finds home at Baylor as All-Big 12 selection
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Baylor women’s basketball embraced a strong core that entered the program with head coach Nicki Collen in 2022. Jana Van Gytenbeek, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs and Bella Fontleroy anchored the program for the last four years. Once their time at Bayl...
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Sports Take: Takeaways from Baylor MBB’s exhibition win over No. 1 Florida
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Baylor men’s basketball has been plagued by injuries for the past couple of years, and it seemed to come to a point last season. The Bears trudged through the 2025-26 season with a seven-man rotation as then-seniors center Caden Powell and forward...
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How ‘October surprises’ stir the pot ahead of 2026 midterms
By Elliott Nace | Assistant News Editor In the summer of 1988, then-governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis held upward of a 17-point lead over his opponent, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, in presidential election polls. But by Nov. 8 of that year, Bush had surged to the...
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Meet the two local men vying for Baylor students’ vote
By Tripp Henderson | Staff Writer Election Day is just around the corner, and Baylor students registered to vote in McLennan County can head to the polls to choose a U.S. representative in Texas’ 17th Congressional District. The two names on the ballot are Republican incumbent Co...
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Fact or fiction: Misinformation in midterm elections
By Kamryn Anthis | Staff Writer In an age of constant content flowing straight to pockets, misinformation is inevitable. Between rumors of mental insanity and artificial intelligence deepfakes, voters must be cautious about what they believe as the November election draws near. P...