<![CDATA[Baker Orange - Opinion RSS]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/se/baker-orange-opinion-rss-1.254429 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:08 -0500 en <![CDATA[Renaming Topeka a waste of time]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/renaming-topeka-a-waste-of-time-1.2188300

By: staff editorial


Topeka is being pimped out by its city leaders.  ...

]]> 1.2188300 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:40:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Spring break leads way to making a difference]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/spring-break-leads-way-to-making-a-difference-1.2188296

By: Rachel Hawkins


Friday is the day many Baker University students have been counting down to since the spring semester started. Spring break will officially start after classes conclude.  ...

]]> 1.2188296 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:38:06 -0500 <![CDATA[Student debates using first names]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/student-debates-using-first-names-1.2188291

By: Gloria Atanmo


As a maturing kid going through grade school, it was a given, and almost a silent rule, that we were to address our teachers by their last name along with the proper prefix.  ...

]]> 1.2188291 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:33:46 -0500 <![CDATA[Baker recruitment needs balance]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/baker-recruitment-needs-balance-1.2178823

By: staff editorial


While everything is beginning to look up for Baker University, the administration does not need to overlook how to keep recruiting students.  ...

]]> 1.2178823 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:15:57 -0500 <![CDATA[Student thankful for BU, realizes power of talking]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/student-thankful-for-bu-realizes-power-of-talking-1.2178811

By: Warren Swenson


I have to apologize to you. I’m sorry. I lied.   ...

]]> 1.2178811 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:14:06 -0500 <![CDATA[Dignity stripped on video chat site]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/dignity-stripped-on-video-chat-site-1.2178792

By: Chelsea Twietmeyer


Revolting.  Repulsive. Repugnant. The evolution of online video chatting has reached a disturbing peak with Chatroulette....

]]> 1.2178792 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:11:36 -0500 <![CDATA[Tuition increase needed for Baker]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/tuition-increase-needed-for-baker-1.2169394

By: Staff Editorial


It’s no secret the economy has been less than satisfactory for quite some time.  ...

]]> 1.2169394 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:11:43 -0500 <![CDATA[Student discovers love of baseball]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/student-discovers-love-of-baseball-1.2169386

By: Meagan Thomas


I have never followed sports. Basketball, soccer, even football just did not catch my interest.  ...

]]> 1.2169386 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:09:55 -0500 <![CDATA[Exercising keeps person healthy but in more pain]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/exercising-keeps-person-healthy-but-in-more-pain-1.2169380

By: Courtney Colin


I stood awkwardly next to the entrance of the basement gym in Mabee Hall, observing various football hunks lifting loads the size of my dorm room and volleyball girls doing inconceivably complex exercises, feeling more and more inadequate as I surveyed th...

]]> 1.2169380 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:06:50 -0500 <![CDATA[Revelation leads student to optimistic approaches]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/revelation-leads-student-to-optimistic-approaches-1.2159373

By: Margo Rodewald


The glass is half-empty. If you asked me the whole “is the glass half-empty or half-full” question, that’s the answer I would give you....

]]> 1.2159373 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:36:45 -0500 <![CDATA[Stress is averted with preparation]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/stress-is-averted-with-preparation-1.2159362

By: Chelsea Twietmeyer


Get up at 8 a.m. Go to classes from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Work out until 5 p.m. Grab dinner and do homework from 6 – 9 p.m. Open the computer and work until 12 a.m. ...

]]> 1.2159362 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:32:04 -0500 <![CDATA[Majors Fair lacks student interest]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/majors-fair-lacks-student-interest-1.2159357

By: Staff Editorial


Mabee Hall was filled with information about different majors at 11 a.m. Tuesday for the first Majors Fair....

]]> 1.2159357 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:29:55 -0500 <![CDATA[Some need apartments more]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/some-need-apartments-more-1.2149349

By: Staff Editorial


Where would you rather live? An apartment with a kitchen and your own room or a residence hall with a roommate and a resident assistant pounding on your door telling you to be quiet.  ...

]]> 1.2149349 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:24:14 -0500 <![CDATA[Student upset over room swap]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/student-upset-over-room-swap-1.2149341

By: Alex Skov


By the time I started my senior year of high school I had lived in six houses in two different towns (counting two separate stints in one of the houses). Through the moves I was lucky enough to avoid changing schools, other than the natural elementary, mi...

]]> 1.2149341 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:20:31 -0500 <![CDATA[Caring act should be welcomed]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/caring-act-should-be-welcomed-1.2149240

By: Staff Editorial


It’s no secret the campus fitness center needed an update. It was gloomy, outdated and full of broken equipment. But not anymore.  ...

]]> 1.2149240 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:56:41 -0500 <![CDATA[President gains student respect]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/president-gains-student-respect-1.2149225

By: Gloria Atanmo


In a much-anticipated public address, President Barack Obama took the stand on Jan. 27 in front of a joint session of Congress to deliver his first State of the Union Address, which aired on all major networks and channels.  ...

]]> 1.2149225 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:52:42 -0500 <![CDATA[Grammy viewer debates program performances]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/grammy-viewer-debates-program-performances-1.2149079

By: Margo Rodewald


It’s the Oscars of music. The night where country, pop, rap and R&B stars unite. It’s the night Stephen Colbert so eloquently deemed the “night celebrities congratulate each other.” Sunday night was Grammys night.  ...

]]> 1.2149079 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:46:29 -0500 <![CDATA[Norma retires; students reflect]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/norma-retires-students-reflect-1.2111758

By: Staff Editorial


Food Service Line Server Norma Sconce is retiring from Baker University after seeing hundreds of faces swipe their meal cards....

]]> 1.2111758 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:57:44 -0500 <![CDATA[People are losing sight of meaning of Christmas]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/people-are-losing-sight-of-meaning-of-christmas-1.2110974

By: Margo Rodewald


Margo Rodewald reflects on the true meaning of Christmas....

]]> 1.2110974 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:11:59 -0500 <![CDATA[Smith: Transfer to BU was best]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/opinion/smith-transfer-to-bu-was-best-1.2110961

By: Chris Smith


Baker Orange Editor Chris Smith reflects on his college experiences....

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