The government is almost back in business. The Senate passed legislation Monday in a 60-40 vote to reopen the government and end the historic government shutdown.
“All in all, we want students to have a platform where they can express themselves in the language they’re learning,” Dr. Hajime Kumahata, director of the iMLC and senior lecturer in Japanese, said. “Because a lot of times language study is within the classroom and you just answer — but we’re trying to give students a platform to have fun.”
This year’s lecture turned the focus inward — toward the purpose of higher education and what it means to seek wisdom in everyday life. Dr. Jennifer Frey, pioneer of the honors program at the University of Tulsa, challenged the idea that college should be measured only by its career outcomes.
When walking through Foster and reviewing for an exam, students don’t always stop to wonder whether their professor or classmates are veterans. Yet for some professors and students, Veterans Day isn’t simply a holiday, but a memory of time spent in service.
The Baylor Board of Regents during its regular fall meeting, received a progress report on the university’s Baylor in Deeds strategic plan with particular emphasis on the plan’s high impact Bold Pursuits and Extend the Line initiatives, an approved new master’s program and gave remarks on the Memorial of Enslaved Persons dedication ceremony Friday.
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“Everyone believed we [were] going to win; I did, and we fought to try and get that win,” said Aranda. “Guys were playing through pain, discomfort, and all that. It’s one of the reasons for going for it. You know, we had a bunch of guys getting band-aided up, and we had a chance to kind of close it out.”
Baylor decided to try to win the game with a 2-point conversion with nine seconds remaining. The Bears fell inches short of the game-winning conversion, dropping the season opener to Auburn.
Senior safety Jacob Redding tore his ACL in the week leading up to the season opener against Auburn, according to Grayson Grundhoefer of Sicem365.
No. 20 Baylor volleyball remains undefeated in a dominant display against North Texas, marking only the fourth time in the Ryan McGuyre era the Bears start the season 4-0.
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According to an article from CBS, Combs’s average streams saw an 18.3% increase following his arrest in September. Although searching for an artist after a controversy is not an uncommon or unethical action, listening to Combs’s music on a monetary streaming platform only puts extra money in his pockets.
“Dumb and Dumber” had just been released, the average gallon of gas cost $1.15 and “Creep” by TLC was the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 list. This is what life was like on Jan. 29, 1995 when the Dallas Cowboys last won a Super Bowl.
Combs was arrested in September and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. Since his arrest in September, more than 100 alleged victims have come forward with accusations against him. In addition to these allegations, TikTok sleuths have concocted countless conspiracy theories in conjunction with the charges.
People deal with change differently, but there tend to be two types of people in this world: those who accept change with open arms and those who fear it. However you cope, your attitude toward change matters, so it may be time for a mindset makeover.
With all the promotion Baylor does for the event, the preparation of updating and perfecting resumes and the careful selection of a professional outfit the night before, I would hope the event would be worth my time. But each year my hopes are dashed by the lack of options for journalism majors.
For Vance, the issue comes from having to defend — whether he believes them or not — the often baseless claims of former President Trump. For Walz, the challenge is defending Vice President Harris as she continues to be tight-lipped on policy plans.
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