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By Stephanie Starks | Staff Writer Baylor students celebrated homecoming by giving blood — and taking a few swings at Iowa State's mascot. Baylor Health Services and Carter BloodCare partnered Tuesday through Thursday for a blood drive on Third Street in front of Moody Memorial.....
By Josh Siatkowski | Lead Writer Baylor alumnus and newly minted author Todd Smith joined two Baylor journalism classes Thursday afternoon to discuss writing and publishing his new book, "Josie: A True Story of Race, Rescue and Resilience." Released in September, the historical.....
Waco, Tx (FOX 44) - What is believed to be the biggest homecoming parade in the country will take a slightly different route as Baylor University celebrates its special day Saturday. The parade will step off at 7 a.m. at its usual location at Eighth Street and Austin Avenue in......
By Kamryn Anthis | Staff Writer Baylor students gathered at Fountain Mall Thursday night to honor the Immortal Ten and pass the university’s legacy to a new generation during the annual Ten at Ten: A Mass Meeting Experience. Held at 10 p.m. by the Baylor Chamber of Commerce, the....
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer Big 12 football in 2013 could be described in only one way: high-scoring. The offensive firepower in the conference was routinely put on display every week, with teams scoring 40 points on the regular. No team displayed this offensive firepower......
By Peyton Dorsey | Sports Writer No. 8 Baylor soccer entered its regular season downtrodden after dropping its chance to take the top spot in the Big 12 against No. 7 Texas Tech. The Bears looked to finish on a high note after a physical and rainy defeat. Baylor (14-3-1, 7-2-1......
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer Before hitting the road, senior middle blocker Victoria Davis noted that "the better team wins the second time." No. 24 Baylor volleyball looked to prove itself after losing to No. 15 Kansa in five sets two weeks prior. The Jayhawks (17-6, 10-2.....
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer Baylor women's basketball's offense struggled all game against Central Arkansas and were in need of a pick-me-up Thursday night. The offense finished with a lowly 37.1% from the field with 44 missed shots, and failed hit above 50% in any quarter.....
By Tripp Henderson | Staff Writer Homecoming week at Baylor is one full of traditions, from bonfires and football to Broadway-style Pigskin performances. As current students take part in these traditions, the week also gives alumni a chance to reconnect and remember the place......
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer Homecoming weekend is placed at a pivotal point in the football season. The air gets a certain crisp as the end of the regular season nears. In front of a packed crowd expecting a win, the Bears are pressured to put on a clinic against a Big 12.....
By Hannah Webb | News Editor Baylor University will allow Phi Kappa Chi to participate in Pigskin Revue and the Homecoming Parade after the fraternity admitted to hazing, the university said Thursday. In a statement to The Lariat, Baylor said it received "credible, confidential.....
New details are emerging about one of two Waffle House locations planned for Waco.A new construction project filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows the restaurant planned for 722 S. 7th Street, near Baylor University, is expected to begin construction....
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Baylor boasts being the first homecoming in the United States, a tradition going back to 1909 that has not remained only in Waco but has spread throughout the state and the country. With football being a vital part of the custom, the Bears do not....
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer When former Baylor soccer star Hanna Gilmore arrived in Waco in 2009, she saw a program that was in the depths of a lengthy rebuild. The Bears entered that year not having a winning season since 2000 and had not reached the NCAA Tournament since.....
By Peyton Dorsey | Sports Writer Interim head coach Joe Klanderman led the Bears to a 41-9 win over the upset-minded UCF Knights a week ago, quieting the typically boisterous Bounce House for his first win at the helm. Klanderman gave the offensive line a noticeable boost on the....
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Following the announcement that Baylor fired head coach Dave Aranda, he had one more chance to talk to his team. The last moments of his seven-year tenure at Baylor were described by his appreciation for his players. "He just shared his......
By Hannah Webb | News Editor Baylor University confirmed Tuesday that Student Life officials sent a letter to Phi Kappa Chi, a Baylor-founded fraternity, amid rumors surrounding the organization's absence from homecoming activities and allegations of hazing. "We can confirm that....
By Beckett Rakes | Staff Writer Baylor students reacted with surprise and cautious optimism Wednesday after Democratic candidates James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa won Texas’ Senate and gubernatorial races, respectively, marking a major shift in the state’s political landscape.......
By Giselle Lee | Staff Writer As Baylor celebrates the many traditions of its annual homecoming, the Black community on campus has found a unique way of expressing itself and its culture: the Royal and Pure Homecoming Stroll-Off. Strolling, also known as stepping, is an......
By Giselle Lee | Staff Writer As a giant inflatable globe floats through the streets of Waco and across Baylor's campus, students from around the world have the unique experience of witnessing the nation's oldest and largest collegiate homecoming parade, a testament to how far......
By Addison Gernenz | Copy Editor Baylor Homecoming is just around the corner, and for many students on campus, this time brings nostalgia and bittersweet happiness as seniors prepare for their final homecoming as undergraduate students. Throughout the week, banners are hung from....
By Taylor Zeulner | Social Media Editor On Oct. 17, 2026 at the football game where Texas Christian University and Baylor University played at McLane Stadium, I was asked by a photographer what my role was on game day. When I told him that I run the social media for The Lariat,.....
By Reagan Hunter | Reporter As Baylor Homecoming approaches with floats, marching bands and generations of Bears back in Waco, some Baylor fans have the chance to skip the scramble for a good viewing spot. The grandstands provide a comfortable view of a beloved Baylor tradition,....
By Lilyana Canales | Arts & Life Writer As homecoming traditions kick off this week, Baylor alumni, students and family join together to celebrate and honor Baylor legacy. Campus has bubbled with anticipation for weeks now, and the months of planning from students and faculty......
By Josh Siatkowski | Lead Writer For most alumni, returning to campus for homecoming every few years is a commendable record of engagement. But Alice Curtis, Class of 1952, has an attendance streak that leaves most other alumni in the dust: Since 1948, she's been to 78 straight.....
One week after interim head coach Joe Klanderman promised to bring a new jolt of energy to Baylor football, the Bears delivered. Baylor opened the Klanderman era with a dominant 41-9 road win over UCF, with the offense coming alive and the defense turning in one of its best......
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer Homecoming weekend is placed at a pivotal point in the football season. The air gets a certain crisp as the end of the regular season nears. In front of a packed crowd expecting a win, the Bears are pressured to put on a clinic against a Big 12.....
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - According to the World Health Organization, headache disorders affect about 40 percent of the population - which is equivalent to 3.1 billion people. We speak with Dr. Gregory Parks, neurologist at Baylor Scott White Hillcrest, about migraine awareness in.....
By Abby Rathburn | Staff Writer For Baylor students balancing classes and extracurricular activities, Dinner with the Livingstones offered them an opportunity to step away from the rigor of their everyday lives and connect with the university community over a shared meal Tuesday....
By Joana Karoshi & Beckett Rakes | Staff Writers, Tierra Varela | LTVN Broadcast Reporter Baylor students could cast ballots at the Hurd Welcome Center Tuesday, where an on-campus polling location offered a convenient way to participate in a midterm election with major......
By Elliott Nace | Assistant News Editor One hundred seventeen years after its inception, Baylor Homecoming remains one of the university's best-known traditions. Thousands of Bears flock back to campus each year for a lighthearted, generations-spanning reunion. This has not......
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor It had been about two decades since the Bear Bell roamed the field of Floyd Casey Stadium. A tradition that originated in the early 1970s had drifted into obscurity and was eventually forgotten. Baylor Sigma Chi, the owner of the bell, had taken.....
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer Baylor is known as one of the premier volleyball destinations across the country. The Bears have been a mainstay in the national rankings for the past decade, but perhaps the program's greatest asset comes after a player's career. Baylor......
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer Senior forward Evan Chatman's path to Baylor men's basketball was a winding road with multiple stops along the way. Before getting his shot on the biggest stage and repping the green and gold, Chatman's college career started 6.8 miles down the......
By The Editorial Board For most of Baylor's student body, this is the first chapter of life spent away from our hometowns and families. With 35% of students from out of state in 2025, and Texas being so big, in-state students may feel like they are in a different part of the......
By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor Bears, get out the green and gold because we have made it to homecoming. Here are the events happening in Waco for the students, alumni and anyone else in town. Ten at Ten: A Mass Meeting Experience | Nov. 5 | 10-11:30 p.m. | Fountain Mall,......
By Lilyana Canales | Arts & Life Writer One of Baylor's oldest homecoming traditions has a new home. After decades of Singspiration celebrations in Seventh and James Baptist Church sanctuary, which was demolished this summer, the 78th annual service is now being held in Jones......
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Halloween is the time when the supernatural comes into the spotlight, but Baylor men's basketball showed the Northwestern State Demons that they were two days too late to emerge victorious. The Bears (1-0) dispelled the Demons (0-1) 87-56 Monday.....
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer Growing pains can be expected when a team enters a new season with five newcomers in a 12-player roster. That was not the reality for Baylor women's basketball (1-0) Monday night, outscoring Fairleigh Dickinson (0-1) 30-13 in the first quarter......
By Anne Wall | Reporter Students in Baylor's Ethics Society are preparing for an upcoming regional Ethics Bowl competition on Nov. 14 in San Antonio. To better prepare teams for competitions in 2026-27, the university has started offering class credit this year as part of Ethics....
By Elliott Nace | Assistant News Editor The Baylor Board of Regents met to discuss university spending and fundraising during its regular fall meeting Friday for the first time since the Board approved a $982.2 million operating budget for 2026-2027 in May. In addition to the......
By Giselle Lee | Staff Writer As political disagreements continue to shape conversations across the country, Baylor's Department of Intercultural Engagement is creating opportunities for students to discuss differing viewpoints through its Dinner and Discourse events. Dinner and....
By Reagan Hunter | Reporter On any given day in the garden level of Moody Memorial Library, Baylor students might be designing digital projects, experimenting with electronics, building something with shop tools, creating art or working with textiles. While many students walk......
With Election Day approaching, a Baylor University political science professor says Central Texas voters could play a significant role in determining the outcome of several close statewide races.Patrick Flavin, a political science professor at Baylor, says the level of interest.....
Waco, Tx (FOX44) - Baylor regents have received a report on major changes in the higher education landscape, including AI, competition for students and an "enrollment cliff." The updates highlight updates a range of issues affecting higher education and Baylor University, as......
BELTON, Texas (FOX 44) - Miss Mary Hardin-Baylor 2027 has been crowned! The University of Mary-Hardin Baylor (UMHB) says Miss Student Foundation Landry Gerhart was awarded the title in the annual Miss MHB Pageant on Saturday. The pageant was held in W.W. Walton Chapel, located......
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Last weekend left the Baylor sports world reeling. Baylor fired head coach Dave Aranda, leaving plenty of questions throughout the week about what football would look like heading to Orlando. Well ... those people got their answer in a......
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Baylor came out of halftime with a stunning 20-6 lead over UCF. Junior quarterback DJ Lagway carved the Knights' defense for the first 30 minutes, and he did not slow down to open the third quarter. He threw a dot to senior tight end Tony......
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer No. 8 Baylor took the field in Lubbock looking to pick up its biggest win of the year. After 76 minutes of contested and physical soccer, the Bears' defense would slip. In the 76th minute, No. 11 Texas Tech midfielder Gianna Gregoire curled a......
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer The marquee matchup agonies continued for No. 24 Baylor volleyball. After four gritty sets with rival No. 16 TCU, the Bears found themselves in their third straight five-set showdown, searching of their first win against a ranked opponent at......
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – The Baylor University Board of Regents received updates on a range of issues affecting higher education during its regular fall meeting. This comes as institutional leaders continue efforts to position the university for long-term success. The Board heard.....
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Baylor filed a lawsuit Friday alleging offensive lineman Sean Thompkins breached the buyout agreement in his Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal he made with the school in December 2025, per a report from KWTX. Baylor alleges Thompkins owes the......
Former Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda is speaking out on social media days after being fired from the team.Dave Aranda was removed as Baylor's head football coach one day after the Bears suffered a 25-24 loss to Kansas, dropping the team to 4-3 (2-2 in the Big 12).Aranda....
By Giselle Lee | Staff Writer As students look to expand their academic horizons beyond the Baylor bubble and engage in global learning, many think about the competitive Fulbright Awards. However, the Office of Engaged Learning (OEL) offers support for other competitive programs....
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer Football and basketball are the first that come to mind when thinking about college sports. While they remain the biggest and most important for Baylor students, they should try taking a walk to Betty Lou Mays Field, sit down for 90 minutes and......
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Last season presented a new challenge for head coach Scott Drew: forming a completely new roster in a matter of months. Drew put together a squad that relied on the talents of Cameron Carr and Tounde Yessoufou. While the pair led the team......
By The Editorial Board G-Wagons, $100 Parke sweatshirts, $500 Golden Goose sneakers, an array of Mac accessories, Louis Vuitton bags — these are all things frequently spotted on campus. And while social issues continue to soar throughout the U.S., it often seems like Baylor......
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - There is nothing that says the "Baylor Family" quite like Homecoming! Also, there is nothing that shows the heart of Baylor quite like their generosity in giving blood each year. We speak with Baylor University and Carter BloodCare to talk about the Baylor....
CENTRAL TEXAS (FOX 44) - Baylor Scott & White's Tiniest Texans are getting into the Halloween spirit! Babies across Texas NICUs are celebrating in adorable costumes alongside their families and care teams. No tricks here, these babies are all treats! We at FOX 44 News would like....
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Baylor and UCF were polar opposites last weekend. The Bears lost to Kansas for the first time since 2007 and fired head coach Dave Aranda in his seventh year. On the other hand, the Knights upset then-No. 2 BYU in overtime, leading the fans to......
