Baylor News
Every year, Baylor celebrates Presidents’ Day with a trivia contest hosted by the political science department. Professors and students go head-to-head in a competition that tests their presidential knowledge.
This week, the Mayborn Museum’s Monday Storytime featured two stories that explore themes and ideas related to Black History Month. With children gathered around, Breshena Crosby, the box office manager for the theater arts department, read Rio Cortez’s “The ABC’s of Black History” and Russell and Ciara Wilson’s “Why Not You?”
This week one of Baylor’s biggest traditions was off to a controversial start, after an…
By Kaitlin Sides | LTVN Reporter One of Baylor’s biggest traditions returned to campus this…
Waco News
Take It or Leave it, Baylor’s annual program promoting the reuse of materials donated during move-out, kicks off its eighth anniversary starting Tuesday.
The manufacturing sector of the greater Waco economy is getting a boost as product orders sustain the recovering economy.
A new study being conducted by Baylor aims to explore the relationship between Waco and its large bat population, estimated at 10,000, of which most are Mexican Free-tail bats.
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State News
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.