If you were watching the Oscars on Sunday night, the narrative of “The King’s Speech” beating “The Social Network” played out on several levels. The Tom Hooper film won in four major categories – best picture, director and actor, as well as in one of the two screenplay categories – the first time since “The Silence of the Lambs” 19 years ago that a single movie walked away with that quartet of prizes.
Month: March 2011
As Baylor begins to look forward to a time after Baylor 2012, it is beginning to further plan the future direction of the university. Student government will help produce the goals of this new strategic plan by collecting student opinions and passing on the reports to the strategic themes committee, which analyzes the responses to determine major themes.
Major League Baseball’s spring training has started, and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, arguably the best baseball player in the United States, has all the analysts talking once again. But it’s not about his home runs or off-the-field humanitarian acts — the most heated topic of debate questions whether Pujols is worth the $30 million per year he wants for the next 10 years.
Cultural identity is just one of many issues that have posed challenging for Deaf people in America. The issue does not present itself within the Deaf community; rather, it lies in the interface between the Deaf and Hearing cultures. The ignorance of the American society at large has rejected the idea that the Deaf people have their own culture because their language is simply a manual replication of the English language.
Sudoku solution: 3/1/11
Crossword solution: 3/1/11
Baylor’s own Craig and Kay Waldrop teach students a valuable skill: how to dance
From Mar. 9 to 12, visit the Baylor Lariat website, as well as twitter.com/bulariat, for updates as the men’s and women’s basketball teams aim for automatic bids to the NCAA tournament.
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Students can discuss “The Black Dove’s Mark: The Elizabeth Barrett Browning Archives And Nineteenth-Century Literary History” with Dr. Marjorie Stone at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Armstrong Browning Library Lecture Hall.
Kappa Alpha Theta’s annual Denim Dash is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in Kappa Alpha Theta’s chapter room in The Stacy Riddle Forum. Fashion boutiques will have clothes on sale and part of the profits will go to Court Appointed Special Advocates.
Musicians performed a requiem for Gillian Sherwood in dedication to her memory and contributions to the Oklahoma State University community.