By Racquel Joseph Dr. Bolen is now Iraq-bound. In his latest entry, he experiments with an Arabic language generator as he finishes packing. Dr. Bolen’s June 27th and 28th updates are some of his last to be written on American soil. He writes of hectic last-minute preparations in the midst of Baylor’s Summer Piano Institute, […]

By TODD HVEEM Courtesy of the Houston Chronicle June 30, 2010 Former Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson felt the pressure of being a basketball coach and NBA executive for more than 30 years. But on June 18, at Waco’s Cottonwood Creek Golf Course, he found out what real pressure was all about. “It was all

By Racquel Joseph As a “creative academic” Baylor film professor Christopher Hansen takes a different approach to publishing his research and work. While academics in other fields publish books, articles, or scientific findings, Hansen produces feature-length films. Hanson’s first major film was the “mockumentary” The Proper Care and Feeding of an American Messiah, shot in

By Meg Cullar A grassroots, Facebook-based reunion of Baylor alumni—held Saturday, June 19—was deemed a big success by its organizers and guests. The founders of the Facebook page “Baylor in the 80s” organized the party, which was at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, next door to the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center. “I was a little

By Racquel Joseph Dr. Bolen just posted an exciting update about his travel to the Middle East and some of the political questions that are already arising. You can keep up with Dr. Bolen’s stateside preparation for his adventure abroad in his second blog post. If you missed his first entry, it gives great background

By Racquel Joseph Dallas senior Jenny Abamu is a Baylor pre-law student with a major in international studies and minors in economics and Arabic. She has a passion for discovering the world and wants to work in foreign service and diplomacy. This past spring, Jenny visited Nigeria, completed a semester at the American University in

By Racquel Joseph Senior lecturer of music Dr. Bradley Bolen is taking a working vacation this year.  He is teaming up with the Houston non-profit American Voices to bring music and the arts to the Middle East. Come July 3, Bolen will be headed into Erbil, Iraq, taking his art to a whole new, exotic

Dear Members of the Baylor Alumni Association, I write to you concerning a time-sensitive matter of great importance to our alma mater. Just one week into assuming the presidency of Baylor University, Ken Starr has found himself confronted by a threat of historic proportions to the university. By now you may be aware of nationally

At this critical time in the life of Baylor University and many other universities across the country, I believe it is important to share with each of you Baylor President Ken Starr’s op-ed column in yesterday’s Waco Tribune-Herald related to the flurry of recent conversations regarding possible athletic conference realignments and Baylor’s future. To read

By Racquel Joseph When Mayborn Museum visitors enter the LEGO Castle Adventure exhibit, they should expect to be surprised by all the things that LEGOs can do. All sculptural elements of the exhibit are built of either large-scale LEGO bricks or the traditional play-at-home miniatures. The exhibit itself features two full-size LEGO suits of armor,