Coach of the year: Regan Dodd
May 17, 2006
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Head tennis coach Regan Dodd can add one more achievement to her tennis career. The Baker Orange has named her coach of the year for the 2005-2006 school year. Dodd was a very successful tennis player throughout her high school and college career.?She played No. 1 doubles and singles at Johnson County...
BU tires, cars damaged by vandals
May 17, 2006
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The temperature is starting to get hotter and students everywhere are getting restless, which could be the cause of the recent instances of vandalism around campus and Baldwin City. Baldwin City Chief of Police Michael McKenna said last week, the police department received several calls from member...
Breeden misses freedom of boring summers
Story by Cara Breeden
May 17, 2006
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The 2005-2006 academic school year is finally coming to an end. May 18 - a date which once seemed like a mere mark on the calendar, too far away even to fathom its meaning - is now conceivably close. Summer plans are being finalized, or at least need to be finalized.? Some will take tropical vacati...
Waters recounts greatest athletic moments in ’05-’06
May 17, 2006
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Another year of sports has come and gone at Baker University with the usual highs and lows. For me, I'm glad to see the season's finish and look forward to the promise of fresh starts and long summers to contemplate next season's possibilities. But like all things in sports, there has to be a countdown. We...
Carbon preparing return to France
Story by Antony Carbon
May 17, 2006
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This is it. My immersion in the United States as an Amity Scholar at Baker comes to an end. I can now draw some conclusions about my experience this year. When I got in the United States in August, the first reactions I had were how humid it was and that there were "food exit" signs on the highways. I aske...
Numbers for BU IDs to change by June 5
May 17, 2006
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In accordance with efforts from the United States Social Security Administration to help prevent identity theft, Baker University will be changing its identification system on Campus Connect. Starting at noon June 5, students will no longer use their social security number to access the online Campus...
Boyd retires from Baker
May 17, 2006
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Baker University Collins Library will be without one of it's familiar faces when the fall term begins as Jan Boyd, the technical services librarian, plans to retire after 30 years of service to the community. Boyd, who is married to professor of biology Roger Boyd, said she has worked for Baker since ...
Newcomer athlete of the year: Nate Pedrow
Story by Kris McDonald
May 11, 2006
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The 2005 - 2006 Baker Orange newcomer of the year is junior basketball player Nate Pedrow. The 6'7," 210 lb. native of Lone Jack, Mo., Pedrow was able to step in and become a major contributor for this year's men's basketball team. Head coach Rick Weaver said he was pleased with the contributions...
Concerns about recruitment
May 4, 2006
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Panhellenic met Monday as a "full council" to discuss recruitment, said Director of Student Activities Shelby Coxon. "Two or three times a year, we get together," Coxon said. "Each chapter sends their adviser, president, Panhellenic representative and recruitment chairs." Coxon said the full meet...
Academic, charitable awards go to greeks
May 4, 2006
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The Greek Man and Woman of the year were named during the greek awards April 27 at the end of Greek Week . Senior Ashley Jones, of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, was named greek woman of the year, and senior Ryan Kuhn, of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, was named greek man of the year. "I was really fl...
Golf play ends for ‘Cats, community
May 4, 2006
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The Baker University men's golf team finished out the season last weekend with a fourth-place finish in the conference and Region V tournaments. The men competed in the conference tournament on April 27 and 28 in St. Peter's, Mo. Coach Karen Exon said they didn't do as well as she thought they could ha...
