Baylor News
While it’s not a direct result of Rodman’s appointment as director of public safety, there’s been another development on the BUDPS front. After long backups, new police vehicles are finally arriving to rejuvenate BUPD’s fleet of cars.
Aguilar said while he admires Musk’s business acumen, he admits he doesn’t completely approve of how Musk is running DOGE. However, he said he still wouldn’t express his criticism through property damage.
Dr. Christopher Kaczor, a philosophy professor from Loyola Marymount University, delivered a lecture titled “Erotic Love, Deep Friendship and Heavenly Happiness.” Brought by the Baylor Thomistic Institute to “promote Catholic truth in the contemporary university.” Kaczor’s talk examined how becoming a parent reshapes one’s life and relationships through classical philosophy, scripture and personal experience.
Stahl similarly hopes this event, and the trip itself, will enable students to a unique type of learning experience they can’t receive in school.
Waco News
By Megan Rule | Staff WriterThe fourth annual Fuzzy Friends Rescue Zombie Run will take…
By Megan Rule | Staff WriterThe Waco Regional Airport is creating a master plan to…
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State News
Texas voters turned out in historic numbers Tuesday, delivering victories for State Rep. James Talarico and forcing a runoff between Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the state’s U.S. Senate contest that claimed national attention. The total early-voting turnout of more than 2.5 million marks the highest ever for a midterm primary election. The results also kicked off the 2026 midterm cycle.
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.
