Sarah Baker

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Stories from Sarah Baker

Blacklight party
Blacklight party reveals secrets
Sarah Baker
Thursday, December 9th, 2010

The Campus Activities Board sponsored the Backlight Secret Party, in light of PostSecret, in order to entertain and relieve students of stress before the week of finals.

 

PostSecret is a continuous community art movement, which allows people to reveal their deepest secret anonymously on a postcard. Frank Warren founded the movement in 2005.

 

"I've been astonished by the frailty and heroism I see in the secrets of ordinary people like you and me, living our everyday lives," Warren said on the PostSecret Web site.

 

Coffee beans
Caffeine helps focus for finals
Sarah Baker
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
During finals week, the need for caffeine seems to be greater. Students crowd into coffee shops, sipping lattes and taking shots of espresso in the days before exams. The lines on campus seem to lengthen with overstressed students in need of energy and focus.
Glenwood Fish Fry
Event raises money for injured alum
Sarah Baker
Monday, November 22nd, 2010

A fish fry conducted at Glenwood Church of Christ on Nov. 10 benefited an alumna paralyzed from a July accident.
Keisha Whistler fell backwards six feet after a chair buckled out from under her, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down and unable to teach.

2010 Chili cookoff
University organizations face off in heated competition
Sarah Baker
Friday, October 29th, 2010

Aromas of spicy meat and onions signaled the start of Saturday’s outdoor homecoming chili cook-off.

Bush
Bush speaks of presidency on campus
Haley Bauman
Sarah Baker
Friday, October 29th, 2010

Former President George W. Bush approached the podium on at R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center to a standing ovation and began his speech with a description of an afternoon walk with his dog Barney.

Slacklining
Students participate in sport of slacklining
Sarah Baker
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

The sport of slacklining calls for balance, physical agility and precision as participants sway up and down and side to side.

Slacklining, or walking on a rope of nylon line, is a new craze on campus, Tyler Wacker, civil engineering major, said.

Former president of Costa Rica Arias
Arias calls for global change
Sarah Baker
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias spoke Monday at the Cowen Center on demilitarization for world peace.

Arias served as president twice and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987.

Leslye Dingman
Psychology student enjoys art and music
Sarah Baker
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Name: Leslye Dingman
Age: 19
Hometown: Greenville, Texas
Major: psychology
Class: sophomore

What brings you to the University?
The psychology program, and I had a lot of friends going here.
Tyler Wacker
Civil Engineering major cites Father as major influence
Sarah Baker
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Name: Tyler Wacker
Age: 19
Hometown: Bay City, Texas
Major: Civil Engineering
Class: Freshman

What brings you to the University? 
I got a scholarship, and also the campus is very beautiful here.  Also, there are hills around here, which is unfamiliar to me since I’m from the coast. 

What is your favorite pastime? 
Skateboarding! I’ve been skating since I was about 11 years old.

Who was the person who most influenced you and how? 
Toms Shoes Style Your Sole
TOMS Shoes debuts: helps children in need
Sarah Baker
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

TOMS Shoes is not just a shoe company; it is a movement.

TOMS Shoes began in May 2006 and has given over 600,000 pairs of shoes to children in need, through the purchases of caring customers, as of April 2010.

David Barnes
English major sees beauty in outdoors
Sarah Baker
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Name: David Barnes
Age: 23
Hometown: Florence, S.C.
Major: English
Class: Senior

What brings you to the University? 
I decided to come to UT Tyler a couple winters ago after taking a walk one evening with a friend on the campus. It was a nice walk.

Jacob Cates
Student prefers outdoors
Sarah Baker
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Get to know your University classmates.

The Invention of Lying
Sarah Baker
Monday, October 26th, 2009

The Invention of Lying
Running time: 99 minutes
Rate: PG-13
Starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Rob Lowe, Tina Fey
Director: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson
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Mark lives in a world where the concept of lies does not exist. When he develops the ability to lie, he finds his dishonesty can be rewarding.

Hip-hop student holds U Pines break dance class
Sarah Baker
Monday, October 5th, 2009

Seventeen students gathered at the University Pines clubhouse Tuesday for a one-time break dancing class taught by Brooke Bradley. Bradley, a former hip-hop (urban dancing) student at a studio in Longview, sought to teach fellow students a dance to “The Master Beat” remix song, along with any other tricks such as, floor poses and spinning flips.