Prospective students receive virtual campus visits
Story by Kinsley Alley, Staff Writer
May 4, 2020
The admissions department at Baker University is hard at work year-round, interacting with prospective students from all over the world. A large part of this is giving campus tours to these students to give them a feel of what life at Baker truly is. But with campus shut down for the remainder of the s...
Speech choir program says “goodbye” after 16 years
Story by Jamie Pellikaan, Staff Writer
April 23, 2020
COVID-19 has lead to many student lead organizations to operate solely online and resume in-person meetings in the fall semester. For Baker University speech choir, this change is bittersweet. 16 years of performances both inside and outside the classroom, speech choir will now have to conduct their...
Esports continues to practice amid pandemic
Story by Jeremiah Edwards and Makenzie Musgrove
April 23, 2020
The sports world has gone dark and its return has been left in an uncertain limbo with no solid timetable for a return. So, for the foreseeable future there will be no crack of the bat, the bouncing of a basketball or even the monotonous sounds of engines revving up as NASCAR drivers race around in circles. This...
Campus announces revision to grading scale
Story by Isabel Ashley, News Editor
April 22, 2020
On April 17, an email was sent to all Baker students announcing a revision in the grading scale for the spring 2020 semester. The email addressed a few new changes, the first being the replacement of a failing grade (F) with a no credit designation (NC), unless academic misconduct occurs. Student...
What are Baker students’ go-to videogames?
Story by Andrew Dau, Assistant Video Producer
April 13, 2020
What is Baker’s plan for COVID-19?
Story by Elizabeth Hanson, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
The outbreak of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in the United States has generated many questions about how Baker University will handle the scheduling of classes after spring break. On March 12 President Lynne Murray, the Executive Cabinet and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Darcy...
Orchestra and choir concert held in Rice Auditorium
Story by Peyton Maulback, Photographer
March 12, 2020
Harlaxton students sent home due to growing concern over COVID-19
Story by Will Hanson, Arts and Entertainment Editor
March 11, 2020
In a March 11 forum held regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, all students currently studying abroad at Harlaxton College learned they will be removed from the manor by March 18 and were highly recommended they return to their homes in the United States. COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, has made...
Baker dance sees most All-American dancers ever in a single year
Story by Isabel Ashley, News Editor
March 10, 2020
The competition season for Baker dance team has been a memorable one so far, as the team won both their conference and regionals. They have been working towards these achievements since October and will have competed in eight competitions by the end of the season. When asked about the team’s success, Coach...
What it’s like being a black student at a PWI
Story by Maya Hodison, Writer
March 10, 2020
Never in my entire life had I been in the presence of so many black people at once until I had the privilege of attending the 43rd annual Big XII Conference on Black Student Government in Norman, Oklahoma. I did not know how much I needed that experience until I arrived and looked around. From Feb....
Campus fights wave of sickness
Story by Jamie Pellikaan, Staff Writer
March 8, 2020
With concerns of covid-19 increasing in the country, there are other illnesses that students at Baker University need to be aware of this season. With a confirmed case of norovirus and rising concerns over influenza, there are several preventative measures students should know to prevent the spread...
Baker Dance becomes Midwest Regional Qualifier
Story by Sydney Jo Boaz, Staff Photographer
February 29, 2020
