By Kalena Reynolds | ReporterAustin City Limits Music Festival is an Austin-based music festival that first took place in 2002, and it includes a variety of musicians from different genres and locations. The festival has included many notable musicians, from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Foo Fighters, but certain acts have stuck out as more memorable than others. Here...

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By Ariel Wright | ReporterFitting plenty of vegetables into your diet is something doctors have always recommended, but the answer to how we can get those nutrients has been diversifying with contemporary agriculture. Microgreens are a relatively new food product popularized in the 1990s, coming from a combination of commercial crops like your typical vegetables, grains and herbs. They meet...

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By Claire-Marie Scott | LTVN Reporter/Anchor As a former Starbucks barista, I used to dread the start of fall drinks. Every August, my coworkers and I would be bombarded by groups of people enthusiastically ordering the most famous seasonal drink: the pumpkin spice latte. Children as young as 8 years old would come up to the counter and pay the...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorIf you felt a crisp chill in the air this weekend and got unreasonably excited for fall, me too. But there's more than just spooky season to look forward to. There's also tons of great new music dropping to ring in the season of sweaters and pumpkin spice. Here's the best new music...

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By Caleb Wheeler | Staff WriterIn recent years, there has been significant debate over the morality of the death penalty, especially among Christians. The most compelling piece of evidence people use from the Bible against the death penalty is the commandment "thou shalt not kill." Here, it is important to discern "kill" from "murder." The original Hebrew phrase is "you...

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By Emma Weidmann | Arts and Life EditorIf you’re like me, sometimes you just want to sit back and listen to music without paying particular attention to the lyrics. There’s nothing like the way you can just get lost in the sound as the words fly right over your head. And they do fly right over your head, right? Well,...

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By The Editorial Board Picture this: You’re in a Zoom meeting with an adviser trying to figure out what to study in college, suddenly realizing that this one small and seemingly insignificant decision might make or break the next 50 years of your life. Wait — that’s actually how it felt, wasn’t it?Being forced to choose your major before having...

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By Olivia Eiken | Staff WriterGrowing up and listening to my parents and their friends reminisce on their younger days, I have learned that nearly every rebellious story from their teen years includes one, if not both, of these key components: sneaking around their parents and finding a party with a keg. The desire to break the rules and experiment...

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By Levi Caraway | ReporterAs college students, finding time to volunteer or pinpointing meaningful ways to give back to the community can sometimes be a challenge. However, if your heart feels called to serve, there are plenty of great organizations across Waco where you can be a positive influence. One such organization is STARS Book Clubs, where you can make...

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By Kaity Kempf | LTVN Managing EditorI think we can all admit that March 2020 was a scary time. From that point forward, things changed, even when quarantine shifted to "back to normal."COVID-19 is still around. Many say to move on from it, but how can one move on from something that actually instilled extremely beneficial precedents?The precedent in question?...

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