While there have been a small number of poorly advertised opportunities to learn more about Native peoples and culture, there is so much more that the university could and should be doing to educate its citizenry. Native American Heritage Month presents an excellent opportunity to provide events, displays, webpages and banners, social media items and more that would make everyone aware of the many valuable contributions made by Native Americans to this university and their vibrant culture that still exists today.

Po’boys, loaded fries and beignets are all featured as some of the stars at Po’ Boy Place, one of the few spots in town offering authentic New Orleans cuisine.

“If you are a Baylor student, then it doesn’t get more Baylor than this,” Boulder, Colo., senior Avery Ortiz-Hunt said. “We have a faculty student collaboration in this major art exhibit that just shows really what type of work that we all put into the classroom and what we get out of it. So, if that doesn’t prove the Baylor spirit of just being a community and really showcasing what we are learning on a daily basis and who we are learning from, then I don’t know what does.”

November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Dr. Dennis Myers — the Danny and Lenn Prince endowed professor for the residential care of older adults — and Anna junior Ansley Nevil speak about what Alzheimer’s disease is and how students can care for those enduring it, especially during COVID-19.

Several Supreme Court justices — including Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Justice Brett Kavanaugh — expressed concerns over the enforcement methods of the law, which leaves enforcement entirely in the hands of private citizens. Kavanaugh said a “loophole” could lead the enforcement method of SB 8 to be used in laws targeting gun rights, freedom of speech or freedom of religion.

Applications for study abroad programs are currently open for the summer and fall terms of 2022. Study abroad director Bo White, Ed.D., suggested that students start preparing early in the year. In the long run, he said it is more beneficial for students to get on these tasks, given they will have more options and availability for their intended courses.

This year, there are no ‘brakes’ in the Basic Utility Vehicle at Baylor — a humanitarian engineering organization founded in August 2014. Made up of undergraduate engineering students, the club uses its classroom knowledge and technical skills to bring transportation assistance to communities and people in need.

I discovered that the key to having less mess is to simply have less stuff. As someone who was once accustomed to living in a space of total disarray, I have become someone who can’t stand a messy room — something I truly thought would never happen to me.

When do we start celebrating the most wonderful time of the year? Some people think to begin the day after Halloween, while others argue to wait until the day after Thanksgiving. So what is the right answer to this debate? Or is there one?

Dr. Jenifer Johnson, director of recruitment and first-year experience; Dr. Suzanne Nesmith, associate dean of undergraduate education; and Austin sophomore Lana Brady discuss how the pandemic impacted the education field and why prospective students still want to be educators despite new challenges.