Baylor News
Baylor’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs joined forces Saturday to host their annual 5K memorial run in honor of 9/11.
The Consortium for the Awareness of Rare Disorders (CARDS), a pre-health student organization, has the goal of teaching its members about rare disorders they may encounter in patients during their undergraduate training and professional careers.
Dr. Sergiy Kudelia, associate professor of political science, gave his first lecture in the series “Understanding the Russian-Ukrainian War” on Thursday in Draper Academic Building.
Three federal judges revived the prospect of tuition refunds for Baylor students whose college experience turned virtual in spring 2020 after a previous court dismissed the class action lawsuit against the university. Following the spring semester, former student Allison King filed the lawsuit in June 2020, saying she didn’t get what she paid for.
Waco News
State News
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.
