By Dylan Sciacca | Reporter Business deals have been tricky since the beginning of time. However, a deal worth $7.7 billion can have more effects than what meets the eye. In late August 2025, UFC made a deal with Paramount+ for a seven-year, $7.7 billion deal. This allowed only Paramount+ to str...
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By Abby Rathburn | Staff Writer Baylor’s fight song may sound a little different this football season as the university introduces a new arrangement designed to secure ownership of the nearly 80-year-old tradition. According to an official statement from Baylor, copyright ownersh...
business
By Stephanie Starks | Staff Writer The Game Closet is Waco’s biggest non-electronic game store, located at 3721 Franklin Ave. and open every day from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. After its former owner moved, veteran customer B.J. Williams bought the store in June 2025 . Rather than focusi...
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Texas A&M volleyball closed out its non-conference schedule with a 3-0 sweep of Rice inside Reed Arena in College Station on Tuesday. Texas A&M Volleyball Defeats Rice The Owls came out with a 3-point lead midway through the first set, but the Aggies' front line took control with...
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By Layla Bazan | Photographer Sydney Sweeney is no stranger when it comes to controversy. From the shows or movies that she has starred in she has raised eyebrows for many, but her latest advertisement is starting to raise questions on whether she went too far. In her latest ad f...
government
By The Editorial Board It seems as though each year the importance of election season grows, with 2026 being no exception. With the ever-growing political tension and scrutiny between parties, the responsibility to build bridges falls on us — those with the power to vote. If you’...
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By Reigha Weaver | Arts & Life Writer As we grow up, our ideas of love are shaped by the examples set before us, like our parents, Cinderella and Prince Charming or Belle and the Beast. However, as we get older and start reading and watching our own movies, our ideals get more co...
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By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor For Arts & Life Reviews this week, we received a classic recommendation: “The Breakfast Club.” It’s a quintessential John Hughes film from 1985 and was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2016, so it seemed an appropriate...
Local
The decades-old building on a busy Waco corner will welcome Scooter's Coffee on one end and SpinXpress Laundry on the other, with 5,000 square feet still available in between....
schools
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer Head coach Dave Aranda has attributed much of his team’s early shortcomings to a lack of clean play. Aranda has said that penalties are the reason the run game has not found its explosiveness and the offense is struggling to sustain drives over 1...
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By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor Academic reading and popular stories find their elusive overlap in Dr. Sarah Walden’s research and class. Walden, director of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, researches BookTok and Bookstagram. She also teaches Remixing the BIC: Booktok, Lit...
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By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer From game-winning touchdowns to highlight-reel plays, social media has made these special moments easily accessible for many Baylor fans. Videos, photographs and graphics are spread all across the internet for viewers to relive the action. Before ...
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By Elliott Nace | Assistant News Editor The Barfield Drawing Room may not be a proper barroom, but its doors are swung wide open. The Country Dance Club at Baylor, which has hosted events with upwards of 800 participants and boasts almost 250 members, meets every Wednesday from 9...
