Baylor News
The Baylor Agape Connection, a student organization beginning its first full semester this fall, has tapped into a previously underrepresented area of interest on campus— building friendships with senior citizens.
The risk management department stands ready to protect students by educating them about campus safety this Thursday in an all-day event that will include a number of presentations. The risk management department is hosting “OsoSafe Campus Safety Awareness Day” to increase students’ knowledge of safety in a variety of different areas.
The Fall Physics Colloquium series is set to continue today with a lecture detailing how planets are made. Dr. Victor Land, a postdoctoral research associate at Baylor, will give an hour-long lecture, “The Early Stages of Planet Formation,” today at 4 p.m. in E125 of the Baylor Sciences Building.
Baylor has added a fourth Fulbright scholar this year with David Bond West, a May 2011 graduate from San Antonio. He is enrolled at the University of Iceland, where he is working toward a master of arts in Medieval studies.
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Tensions continued to grow over the summer between political adversaries as Texas state Sen. James Talarico called on Attorney General Ken Paxton to release internal records related to a controversial child sexual abuse case involving former Waco attorney and Baylor Law graduate Adam Hoffman.
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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.