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The Baker Orange

Baker University Student News Media

The Baker Orange

Baker will add an eSports team to the list of scholarship eligible sports this fall.

Baker adds eSports team

Story by Jenna Black, Editor in Chief April 22, 2019

The athletic department announced the addition of an eSports team to enter Baker’s Fall 2019 sports roster. eSports is a relatively new, up-and-coming sport where athletes compete against each other...

Senior Riley Parks and sophomore Colby Bullock present their research at Dialogos on April 10.

Students use Dialogos as a “free day”

Story by Jenna Black, Editor in Chief April 17, 2019

Dialogos is an opportunity for students to present their work via poster or oral presentations. Select students throughout all disciplines are rewarded with scholarships and awards to outstanding seniors...

133 Coffee opened next to Cranberry Market at 106 6th Street on Feb. 16. The owners hope that students and members of the community are able to use their new coffee shop as a place to gather over coffee.

133 Coffee creates a gathering place

Story by Jenna Black, Editor in Chief March 19, 2019

A gathering place and second home for Baker students and members of the community is what the owners of Baldwin’s newest coffee shop, 133 Coffee, aim to create. “We view coffee as a way to gather...

Junior Jessica Watson attempts to close in on junior Emilio Mancha of St. Ambrose University. Mancha placed fourth and Watson finished in sixth.

Watson becomes race walk national champion

Story by Jenna Black, Editor in Chief March 18, 2019

The indoor track and field team traveled to Brookings, South Dakota Feb. 28-March 1 where they competed in the 54th annual NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Junior Moses Watson became Baker’s...

The Orange set for final print publication

The Orange set for final print publication

Story by Jenna Black, Editor February 15, 2019

The Baker Orange will no longer be printed monthly and will solely be an online news source starting the upcoming fall 2019 semester. Discussion regarding Baker’s student-run newspaper ending its print...

Interterms from here to there

Story by Jenna Black, Managing Editor December 10, 2018

Interterm is a time between the fall and spring semesters for students to have a few weeks to take an on-campus course, go on a travel interterm course or extend their Christmas break to relax at home....

Freshman Stephen Long executes a jump on Taft Bridge on Nov. 30. Long is a member of the dance team including the competition team.

Dance team welcomes only male member

Story by Jenna Black, Managing Editor December 10, 2018

Dance helps freshman Stephen Long express his sexuality and embrace his personality. Dance also gave him the confidence to try out for the dance team at Baker. The multiple-time, NAIA-National-Championship-qualifying...

Tom Hedrick, the voice of the Wildcats, continues to broadcast Baker football and basketball games on KNBU-FM 89.7 in Baldwin City. Hedrick, a graduate in 1956, was inducted into the Baker Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978. Image by Jenna Black.

Hedrick accredits Baker to his success

Story by Jenna Black, Managing Editor November 5, 2018

Tom Hedrick made the decision to be a sportscaster on his walk home from school after being cut from his high school baseball team his junior year. Over the course of his five-mile walk back, he planned...

The newly added section of El Patron embraces its inviting setting. The expansion allows for more people to enjoy the exceptional food and service provided.

El Patron expands to better serve customers

Story by Jenna Black, Managing Editor November 2, 2018

El Patron, Baldwin City’s Mexican restaurant located on Eighth Street, has expanded from their iconic bright orange building to the neighboring abandoned antique store directly to the north. The expansion...

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