The Baker Orange

Trustee lives BU lifestyle

Story by Sharon Stauffer • April 12, 2007

Alan Mauch, alumnus and Baker University Board of Trustees member, took on the role of a student and attended classes for three days to personally experience the Baker classroom atmosphere. Mauch decided to spend some time on campus after a panel of faculty members peaked his interest during presentations explaining teaching methods and learning approaches being applied in various areas of study at the BOT meeting in February.

Art Affair hosts ‘Drawings’ show

Story by Babcock, Kristin • April 12, 2007

Artist Rachael Huffman developed the exhibit on display at Art Affair in order to help people see their everyday lives a little differently. "I would say on first glance (the artworks) are abstract," Huffman said. "On second glance, they're depictions of observations of everyday events or everyday objects.

Community Wellness Festival informs, tests students’ health

Story by Tricia Shelton • April 12, 2007

Baldwin City residents may soon be a lot healthier, thanks to the advice they received at the Community Wellness Festival. The festival was held March 31 in Collins Gym. More than 50 different exhibitors showed up to share their health tips with Baker students and the Baldwin City community.

Campus considers curriculum

Story by Wes Mikel • April 12, 2007

Continuing to hedge a path toward a new Baker University general education program, the General Education Taskforce, GET2, has created breakfast and dinner open discussions. These chat-and-chew sessions offer the campus community the chance to discuss particular aspects of Baker's general education curriculum.

Cardinals’ Tony La Russa should suffer same as players

Story by Freburg, Taylor • April 12, 2007

As most major league managers are tinkering with their rosters for opening day, the St. Louis Cardinals' Tony La Russa decided there were still lessons to be taught. Unfortunately, his child-learns-from-parents'-mistakes style probably wasn't the right choice.

Incumbents take top spots in race for city council

Story by Sam Dester • April 12, 2007

Municipal elections saw the return of familiar faces to the Baldwin City Council, while the school board will have one new member. Overall voter turnout for Douglas County was about 19 percent, Deputy of Elections Keith Campbell said. While this is a significantly lower voter turnout rate than the 2005 municipal elections, the total number of votes cast in Baldwin City was roughly the same in 2007 as it was two years ago, according to the Douglas County Clerk's Voting and Elections Division's unofficial results.

Inside Baker show 6

April 6, 2007

Click the links below to watch this week's episode of Inside Baker. The links will take you to the YouTube uploads of the show, which means you don't have to download the program.

University to update software

Story by Sharon Stauffer • March 30, 2007

A new administrative software called CampusVue has been implemented and will replace Campus Connect by late April or May, offering students in the 2007-2008 academic year more features when accessing grades, demographic information, schedules and account information associated with Baker University.

Feminine force

Story by Wes Mikel • March 30, 2007

What’s good for Northern Ireland could be good for success in Iraq

March 30, 2007

What was once considered the impossible has lately become the quite likely in Northern Ireland. The main leaders of both of the province's warring factions, Catholic and Protestant, met on Monday to sign an agreement that would share power between the two groups.

Youth action essential now

Story by Sam Dester • March 29, 2007

Young people seem to talk about politics a lot these days. However, what do they do? The Baker Orange has featured stories about politically active students in the past. What do students at Baker University do? The youth vote as percentage of the total vote in 2006 was significantly larger than in 2002, the previous midterm election, as was the voter turnout among the youth.

DeSpain leads students to aid Alabama

March 22, 2007

Nine students, two faculty members and one daughter traveled to Baldwin County, Alabama, to help build houses for Habitat for Humanity during spring break. This year, the number of students making the trip was low, so instead of getting a bus, the group saved money by flying to Alabama.