Baylor News
Low dissolved oxygen levels in the Brazos River and Waco Creek presumably resulted in a fish kill recently, and Baylor students used what they learned in the classroom to help collect data at the site.
This past weekend, an assembly from the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work attended the North American Association of Christians in Social Work Convention in Chicago to network and present to fellow Christian professionals.
An individual assignment for film and digital media students evolved into an all-class opportunity to shoot a film at the Ferrell Center, with head men’s basketball coach Scott Drew as the main interview subject.
The priority application deadline for the Baylor McNair Scholars Program is Nov. 1. As a Federal TRIO Program, it is “designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds,” according to the U.S. Department of Education.
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President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, with the execution scheduled for 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Central Texas military installation, roughly an hour from Baylor’s campus.
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.
