Baylor News
Major storms at the end of April and beginning of May covered campus in a thick sheet of rain which caused lower levels of the Carroll Science Building and Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation to flood on April 26.
After years of deliberation, a donor fund materialized this semester and within two months, it was official — Welcome Week leaders would be compensated for $10 an hour.
“We should be proud of our cultural and ethnic identities, but that pride should never, of course, make us feel better than other people,” Van Gorder said. “We should use our cultural heritages as resources, not only to share who we are, but to learn and listen and validate other people.”
Every summer, the School of Education hosts a Math Teacher Academy, in which math teachers from all over the state can come and learn about techniques that will best help their students succeed. This year, it will be June 23-25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Waco News
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INTERNATIONAL
The Iran war is now in its 46th day. Iran responded by restricting access to Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil, and moving to toll vessels transiting the strait. Waco drivers are already feeling it. The local average hit $3.38 a gallon last week, up 21 cents in seven days and 75 cents year-over-year, according to AAA data.
Gas prices in Texas have surged more than 70 cents per gallon since the U.S. went to war with Iran three weeks ago. The near-total shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has driven oil prices up more than 40%, pushing the national average to its highest point since 2023 and sending diesel past $5 for the first time in three years.
The largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East in decades unfolded as American and Israeli forces struck Iran Saturday, killing its supreme leader and triggering retaliatory strikes from the Gulf to Israel. The White House said the campaign is aimed at dismantling Iran’s military and toppling its government.
Dr. Joshua Alley, assistant professor of political science, said part of the Trump administration’s interest in Greenland has to do with America’s national security strategy.
