In The Spotlight
USA Today: JFK relics scattered across U.S. still hold mystique[11/20/2009]
USA Today, Nov. 19, 2009 (Article quotes Ben Rogers, Baylor University's director of political materials) When Jeff Underwood gives tours of the Air Force plane that carried President Kennedy's body to Washington after his Nov. 22, 1963, assassination in Dallas, "people get real quiet. It's a highly emotional place," he says.
National News
1. National Review: Bite Her Already[11/20/2009]
National Review, Nov. 20, 2009 (Dr. Thomas Hibbs, Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University, reviews a new vampire film) If Elvis and Christopher Walken had a son, he would look like Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), the dreamy-eyed vampire in Chris Weitz's film The Twilight Saga: New Moon. The much-anticipated film is a sequel to the hugely popular Twilight, based on the best-selling series of books by Stephenie Meyer, who has found a teeny-bopper formula for repackaging the classic Wagnerian theme of love-death. If the screeches from the audience during the screening I attended are any indication, then this film will, like its predecessor, satisfy the romantic longings of its target audience: twelve-year-old girls. For that group, the endless focus on star-crossed lovers hurts so good; for the rest us, it just hurts.
2. eCampus News: Baylor IT official focuses on digitization
[11/20/2009]
eCampus News, Nov. 20, 2009 (Feature about Baylor University's Pattie Orr, vice president for information technology and dean of libraries, and Baylor's preservation of valuable collections) Pattie Orr and other Baylor University officials take preservation seriously. So seriously, in fact, that the school dedicated a wing of its library to digitizing rare books, audio recordings, maps and other material that students now can access online.
State News
News 8 Austin: State, national leaders take on hunger in America[11/20/2009]
News 8, Nov. 20, 2009 (Television report mentions Baylor University's Nov. 19 hunger summit attended by Todd Staples, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture) As Jessica Wilkinson counts her blessings, state and national leaders meet to talk about the problem she and millions of Americans face.
Local News
1. Waco Tribune-Herald: Officials at Baylor hunger summit say getting participation in programs is a huge obstacle[11/20/2009]
Waco Tribune-Herald, Nov. 20, 2009 (Article about Baylor University's Nov. 19 hunger summit) The problems discussed by about 250 local, state and national officials Thursday at a Baylor University hunger summit had nothing to do with a shortage of food, or even a lack of government-funded programs that provide those in need with free meals.
2. Waco Tribune-Herald: Lady Bears receive lesson in history at Hall of Fame
[11/20/2009]
Waco Tribune-Herald, Nov. 15, 2009 (Feature on the visit of the Baylor women's basketball team to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville that has enshrined Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey, current assistant Leon Barmore and former head coach Sonja Hogg)) There's never really a bad time to pass along a history lesson. That's a fact not lost on Baylor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey, who rarely misses an opportunity to try to educate her team.
3. Waco Tribune-Herald: Renovations back on track for Waco apartment complex
[11/20/2009]
Waco Tribune-Herald, Nov. 17, 2009 (Baylor students are acknowledged for their positive involvement in an after-school center at a local apartment complex) Two years ago, an Austin company bought a troubled apartment complex at 1601 Spring St. for $3 million. It had big plans for this place that once was so notorious that police called it a war zone.
4. Waco Tribune-Herald: Waiting pays off for Baylor special teamers
[11/20/2009]
Waco Tribune-Herald, Nov. 19, 2009 (Feature on Baylor University football players Dary Stone and Terrance Williams) When opportunity knocked, Baylor's Terrance Williams and Dary Stone made sure they were at the door waiting.
5. Waco Tribune-Herald: BU's Walton a 'natural' leader
[11/20/2009]
Waco Tribune-Herald, Nov. 20, 2009 (Feature on Baylor University student athlete J.D. Walton) When a 300-pound man wearing camouflage bangs at your door before daylight, you either call 9-1-1 or approach with caution.
