By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorBaylor’s new director of student media, Doug Pils, is bringing decades of experience to the journalism department on the heels of a long career at Texas A&M University. With a background as a sports and copy editor at the San Antonio Express-News and a reporter for the Associated Press — as well as...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorThe first week of classes is over. It's time to take a breather and catch up on some new tunes you may have missed while you navigated the halls to find that one seemingly hidden classroom. "Damage Gets Done (feat. Brandi Carlile)" by Hozier (Aug. 18) The four-year wait for a new album...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorSol Y Motion is a fitting name for a band that sounds like a drive down the Pacific Coast Highway in California. One of three bands to play at the Eighth Street Common Grounds’ Back to School Bash Friday night, Sol Y Motion is a family band at its core. Made up of...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorLooking for ways to spend your first weekend back in Waco? Look no further for concerts, art and more. Back to School Bash Concert | Aug. 25 | 7 p.m. | Common Grounds, 1123 S Eighth St. | Tickets are $8 to $10 | Kick off the semester with musical performances by fooligan,...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorRemember that movie you begged your parents to take you to see in theaters when you were little? Or maybe you watched one DVD over and over, thousands of times. On road trips, airplanes and around the clock, you played this singular movie. Yeah, we had our favorites too. Here they are. Emma...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorFor anyone who tried (and likely failed) to score tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, I offer my deepest condolences. But you’re not alone. Millions upon millions of fans waited hours in a Ticketmaster queue only to lose their tickets at checkout or have to bite the bullet and drop thousands of dollars...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorHozier’s first album in four years, “Unreal Unearth,” is not only his most compelling work, but also his most literary to date. For the Irish singer who constantly draws from the poetry of his homeland, that’s a tall feat. “Unreal Unearth” is a modern and musical retelling of the poet Dante’s descent into...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorThe talk of the summer and the inspiration for countless memes have all centered around two drastically different films that premiered on the same day: "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer." Which one reigns supreme — Greta Gerwig's daydream in neon pink or Christopher Nolan's gritty biopic? According to Corpus Christi senior Eric Jaramillo, life in...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorHermès in the Heart of Texas: The Art of Kermit Oliver | Aug. 4 - Oct. 14 | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Art Center Waco, 701 S Eighth St. | Art Center Waco presents a collection of art from Texas artist Kermit Oliver in collaboration with the iconic Hermès fashion house....

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By Emma Weidman | Staff WriterThe past several months have seen an increase in abortion legislation becoming stricter and stricter nationwide, especially in states like Alabama and Texas. But despite what a politician in a suit and tie proclaims from behind their desk as they sign those restrictive bills into law, abortion is truly one person’s business and one person’s...

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