I’ve never quite understood what it is that the Federal Reserve does — perhaps because the only economics class I ever took was a blow-off course in high school. Then last night, I was flipping channels and came across former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan on The Daily Show, and he gave a pretty […]
I got worried when my friend told me Baylor was in jeopardy earlier this week, until he explained that he meant the long-running television quiz show Jeopardy. I missed the episode (curse that 4:30 time slot!), but as related to me, the $400 answer under the heading “Colleges and Universities” was: “The 735-acre campus of […]
It took the authors of The Land, the Law and the Lord: The Life of Pat Neff over 20 years to finally get down on paper what the former Texas governor and Baylor president did in his 80 years on Earth. Baylor alumna Dorothy Jean Chapin Blodgett (BA ’45) began the book in 1985 and […]
Tennessee Bears, get your listenin’ ears ready. The Nashville Symphony introduced proud Baylor alum Giancarlo Guerrero as its new music director Wednesday, ending a two-year search. The 1991 grad had previously served as music director for the Eugene (Oregon) Symphony, where he earned recognition from the American Symphony Orchestra League as one of the top […]
Two Baylor grads’ take on a Western remake netted them the No. 1 film in the country this week. 3:10 to Yuma, a remake of the 1957 film by the same name, was written by former Baylor students Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (both class of ’91) and stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. In […]
Nice story on Baylor alum Angela Kinsey — better known as Angela Martin on The Office — in the new issue of Baylor Magazine, hitting homes this week. Kinsey, a 1994 grad, talks about her time at Baylor and her success in Hollywood. “I was in traffic the other day, and someone had ‘Sic ‘Em […]
