<![CDATA[Baker Orange RSS]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/se/baker-orange-rss-1.239984 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:50:00 -0500 en <![CDATA[Students find unlikely friend in Kwik Shop clerk]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/lifestyles/students-find-unlikely-friend-in-kwik-shop-clerk-1.2180166

By: Alesha Miller



Melinda Hipple isn’t the typical sales associate at a gas station; instead she is a friendly face, an advice giver and a sometimes-motherly figure to many Baker University students who regularly make a run to Kwik Shop....

]]> 1.2180166 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:52:28 -0500 <![CDATA[BU retention rate increases]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/news/bu-retention-rate-increases-1.2180140

By: Rachel Hawkins



Along with enrollment numbers, the student retention rate on Baker University's Baldwin City campus has gone up. Those that entered in the fall of 2009 as freshmen have a record retention rate of 93.4 percent....

]]> 1.2180140 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:39:54 -0500 <![CDATA[Tennis team grabs win in first match of spring]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/sports/tennis-team-grabs-win-in-first-match-of-spring-1.2179094

By: Chris Atlakson


The Baker men's tennis team defeated Friends University 5-4 in Wichita....

]]> 1.2179094 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:40:40 -0500 <![CDATA[Janssens to represent HAAC for national award]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/sports/janssens-to-represent-haac-for-national-award-1.2179075

By: Meagan Thomas


Baker junior Christine Janssens has been selected as the HAAC representative for the NAIA’s A.O. Duer Award....

]]> 1.2179075 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:32:39 -0500 <![CDATA[Baker football team signed 21 recruits, expects more to come this offseason]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/sports/baker-football-team-signed-21-recruits-expects-more-to-come-this-offseason-1.2179069

By: Chris Duderstadt


Between two scholarship days and National Signing Day, the Baker University football team has signed 21 recruits this offseason....

]]> 1.2179069 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:31:16 -0500 <![CDATA[Baker University Faculty Senate talks program changes]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/news/baker-university-faculty-senate-talks-program-changes-1.2178962

By: Megan Perry


Baker University’s endowment situation raised many questions from members present at the March 2 Baker University Faculty Senate meeting....

]]> 1.2178962 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:08:08 -0500 <![CDATA[Student Senate discusses handbook changes]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/news/student-senate-discusses-handbook-changes-1.2178944

By: Chris Duderstadt



Members of the Baker University Student Senate and Student Handbook Committee discussed the proposal of changing policies related to gambling, guests of residents and the banning of alcohol and alcohol paraphernalia within dorms on March 2....

]]> 1.2178944 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:01:20 -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[Assistant Professor Thomas Peard to deliver speech on self-sacrifice]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/lifestyles/assistant-professor-thomas-peard-to-deliver-speech-on-self-sacrifice-1.2178743

By: Caitlin Stevenson



For the first time in the history of Baker University, a current professor will take the podium and deliver his published speech as a part of the Milford White Lecture.  ...

]]> 1.2178743 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:06:54 -0500 <![CDATA[House mom fights for spot on TV]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/lifestyles/house-mom-fights-for-spot-on-tv-1.2170639

By: Margo Rodewald



If you wanted to outwit, outplay and outlast competitors in the wilderness, facing obstacles like brutal weather, exotic animals and the occasional sassy castaway, what lengths would you go to accomplish this?...

]]> 1.2170639 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:43:02 -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[Six BU students chosen for honor band]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/lifestyles/six-bu-students-chosen-for-honor-band-1.2169352

By: Courtney Colin


Light blue curtains outline the shapes of instruments that stand along the walls of the band room as sophomore Mariah Barnett sits alone with her cello and empty chairs surrounding her.  ...

]]> 1.2169352 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:02:40 -0500 <![CDATA[Women's basketball team on three-game losing streak]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/sports/women-s-basketball-team-on-three-game-losing-streak-1.2169345

By: Larran Williams


The Baker women’s basketball team took a three-game losing streak into the final home game of the season Thursday against MidAmerica Nazarene University....

]]> 1.2169345 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:53:44 -0500 <![CDATA[Baker track teams place at HAAC championships]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/sports/baker-track-teams-place-at-haac-championships-1.2169338

By: Chris Atlakson


The Baker University track and field team traveled to Lamoni, Iowa, to compete in the HAAC Indoor Championships Feb. 19 and 20....

]]> 1.2169338 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:51:32 -0500 <![CDATA[Wrestling team to send 10 to NAIA National Championships]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/sports/wrestling-team-to-send-10-to-naia-national-championships-1.2169234

By: Chris Duderstadt



Ten members of the Baker University wrestling team competed at the NAIA Central Regional Championships in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at William Penn University Saturday....

]]> 1.2169234 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:28:53 -0500 <![CDATA[Record number of applications turned in for annual Phonathon fundraiser]]> http://www.thebakerorange.com/news/record-number-of-applications-turned-in-for-annual-phonathon-fundraiser-1.2168787

By: Stacey Gorton


The Alumni Relations and Advancement Office recieved a record number of applications to call alumni for the annual Phonathon fundraiser....

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