The Baker Orange

40-minute video to reflect on Baker

March 1, 2007
Baker University is celebrating its 150th anniversary in many ways, one of which aims to provide the community with a unique expression of Baker's past, present and future. The university is preparing a video composed of information about the university, including interviews from prominent Baker faculty, administrators and alumni.

Forum to inform on flu

Story by Sam Dester March 1, 2007
For most students, a roommate with an illness is a minor inconvenience. However, many departments at Baker University are working together to help the institution prepare for a more serious possibility. An all-campus and community symposium will be held at 7 p.

Study seeks retention solutions

March 1, 2007
Amid numerous discussions of recruitment and admissions, Baker University administrators and faculty focused on student retention at a town hall meeting Friday. "We're going to lose some students, and that's OK," University President Pat Long said. However, Long said a number of students who leave Baker could have prospered on the Baldwin City campus.
Judd opens Council series

Judd opens Council series

Story by Caitlin Stevenson March 1, 2007
Artist Cary Judd treated a small crowd of Baker University students to an intimate performance Tuesday night at Espress Yourself in downtown Baldwin City. President of Student Activities Council Jonathan Affalter said he had an opportunity to preview Judd before SAC invited him to perform at Baker University.

Alcohol, the lowdown on BU boozing

March 1, 2007
Alcohol usually plays a pretty big role in college campuses across the nation - some more so than others - but nonetheless, alcohol in some way, shape or form is made readily available for most students. Though Baker University is a dry campus, and alcohol is not permitted on any university property except the Markham/Horn Apartments, some students find a way to drink no matter what the consequences are.

Gender, race ruining debate

March 1, 2007
Almost two years away, chatter about a new president is already stirring. But the names being tossed around aren't your ordinary George, William, Theodore or Ronald. Hillary and Barack, among others, have their eyes on the White House. For the Republicans, the name Condoleezza keeps coming up.
Special to the Web: KNBU premiers new name, identity

Special to the Web: KNBU premiers new name, identity

February 23, 2007
There was nothing really wrong with KNBU - FM, the Wildcat, Baker University's student radio station. It had weekly shows of varying content, music from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. most days and a bevy of regular listeners. But the KNBU staff felt the station was lacking that extra shimmer that would catapult it into something special.

From arrivals to awards, night of glitz is back

Story by Kristin Babcock February 22, 2007
It is almost as viewed as the Super Bowl, and possibly some of the same elements of the big game, also seen at the Academy Awards ceremony, are what keep viewers coming back. There's the clash of titanic egos and over-the-top entertainment breaks and the brute force seen on the smiling faces of the losing nominees.

Events kicked off by one-man band

Story by Courtney Servaes February 22, 2007
The Student Activities Council has a lot planned for Baker University students in the near future. Kicking off the series of events is Wyoming native Cary Judd who will be playing Feb. 27 at Espress Yourself. Judd gives new meaning to the phrase "one-man-band.

marketing makeover

February 22, 2007
For some, Baker University first and foremost represents a place of higher education; others may think of it as a place of comfort where the student-teacher interaction is one of a kind, and some believe it to be a campus of unique opportunities for involvement.
Lingo of love presented in forum

Lingo of love presented in forum

Story by Sharon Stauffer February 22, 2007
Love was in the air Tuesday when the Baker University forum "Love in Any Language" was presented in McKibbin Recital Hall. The forum included performances by faculty and students singing songs and reading poetry about the topic of love in French, German, Italian and English.

Safe sex essential

February 15, 2007
On college campuses around the country Wednesday, conversations of V.D. didn't relate to the day of love. Wednesday was condom awareness day, not to be confused with the holiday to celebrate the saint who sat around in a prison, writing love letters. There were rumblings about some sort of safe-sex-awareness activity around campus, but when Wednesday came, the only thing to be found in Harter Union was a batch of sugar cookies and a couple of vats of frosting colored in varying shades of pink.
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