Tag: Waco

  • CAN YOU SENSE IT?

    CAN YOU SENSE IT?

    Staff from left to right: Co-Editor: Mallory Harris, Co-Editor: Rachel Chiang, Staff Writer: Lukas Reyes Letter From The Editors Imagine you’re at a concert. You can see the artist on stage, you can smell the smoke from the fireworks, you can taste a quick sip of water, you can hear the screaming fans all around…

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  • CAN YOU HEAR ME?

    CAN YOU HEAR ME?

    Photo courtesy of Lewis Lummer Show Me A Sign The first deaf professor at Baylor speaks about growing up deaf and how he advocates for the Deaf community in Waco. Story By Audrey Patterson Photos By Gillian Taylor Imagine a world where people communicate visually through sign language and live without stigma. This world exists…

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  • PANTRIES OF THE PANDEMIC

    PANTRIES OF THE PANDEMIC

    Waco food pantries held pivotal roles in ensuring the health of struggling families during the COVID-19 pandemic Story by Anna Tabet and Sommer Stanley Photo Courtesy of Chiquita Grice With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a lot of negativity and pain in the Waco community and around the world. Thankfully, there have…

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  • DESTINATION: WACO

    DESTINATION: WACO

    Growth in downtown Waco has led to the development of many new businesses Story by Catherine Cohen Photos by Joshua Martin Waco had been considered a town for students to get their education and ready them to move to a larger city after graduation, such as Houston, Dallas or Austin. However, in the past few…

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  • Learning independence one game at a time

    Learning independence one game at a time

    Umpire Lupe Rosas stands ready atop the pitcher’s mound. While the boy at bat prepares to swing, Coach Colleen Ostrom shouts words of encouragement from the dugout. And for a moment in the sun, the Challenger League baseball team, for children with special needs, appears like a regular baseball game — because it is.

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  • Crazy

    Crazy

    “If you don’t do it, then who will?” Those eight simple words have stuck with Linda Haskett. She remembers the conversation like it was yesterday. She was talking with a friend about her disappointment in the Baylor Children’s Theatre being closed, when her friend told her to start her own children’s theatre.

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  • Students In An Uproar

    Students In An Uproar

    When looking at Uproar Records from the outside, it may seem to be small and simple. Once you speak with those involved in Uproar, however, it reveals their passion for their work and for the Baylor and Waco community.

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  • Innovation In Motion

    Innovation In Motion

    The crowded streets of a big-time town glow with neon signs and blinking car signals. The city radiates with buses honking, people talking and sirens singing. It’s not unusual to pass a struggling violinist or a six-piece band playing for tips. Impersonators and magicians may even stop you in your steps to try to entertain…

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