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The Beckham Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center was filled with traditional Panamanian stories, clothing, cuisine, music and dancing Wednesday night as the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in STEM (SACNAS) celebrated Afro-Latinx culture and heritage.

The hold-up comes from a congressional overhaul made to the FAFSA to make it easier to use. While current Baylor students are not expected to be affected, the application’s overhaul has caused a delay in when universities actually receive it, causing issues for prospective students. In a normal timeline, the FAFSA first opens in October and universities would be able to receive them later that month.

“If a student wants to understand historically and culturally what’s going on between the U.S. based on racial and ethnic groups and the different issues and challenges that they face, this is the kind of minor that will give them that information,” Dr. Coretta Pittman said.

In their regular quarterly meeting, the Baylor Board of Regents participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Memorial to Enslaved Persons, approved funding for the renovation of academic and residential spaces, renewed funding for the Baylor Benefit program, set the 2024-2025 tuition and approved a new computer engineering degree.

“I feel like that’s when I had a moment of commitment,” said Yeager, a San Mateo, Calif., sophomore who was recently named Highland Baptist Church’s youngest-ever College Guys Associate. “For the first time, I understood what that meant of like, ‘Oh yeah, I want to be committed to the Lord every day, and I want to live a life for him — worthy of the Lord in every way and bearing fruit in every good work.’”

Though many major cities in the U.S. have pledged to transition to fully renewable energy sources by 2050, a new study by a pair of Baylor researchers found the complete eradication of nonrenewable energy sources is unlikely. The study, which was published in January, outlined three main barriers to renewable energy: economics, leadership and literacy.