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A black Gillette safety razor rests on the bathroom sink at Kenneth Fairben’s Floral Park home, its blade long-ago rusted. The razor has been in the same spot since Sept. 11, 2001, the last morning his son, Keith, used it before walking out the front door to his job as a paramedic in Manhattan.

It shocked no one that the Sooners broke open the 2011 season with a 47-14 win over Tulsa. Heisman candidate junior quarterback Landry Jones threw for 375 yards and one touchdown. His favorite target, senior wide receiver Ryan Broyles, caught 14 passes for 158 yards and one touchdown.

Students in the market for an internship or post-graduation job can potentially find employment at Baylor Career Services’ STEM Job Fair, Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center. This is the first successful year to hold the fair in the last two years due to the previous state of the economy.

The Baylor department of Physics is now able to image individual atoms using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope, under the direction of Dr. Zhenrong Zhang, assistant professor of physics.

Before you see a single frame in “Contagion” you listen to a cough, and by the time the movie is just a few minutes old, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Beth Emhoff – the character heard hacking off-screen – suffers a fatal seizure (relax, it’s in the trailer).

Senior Kendall Wright broke yet another Baylor football record Friday against TCU, grabbing his 11th 100-yard receiving game of his career.

Baylor never made it easy on their fans, but in the end they got it done, knocking off the 14th-ranked team in the nation on national television Friday night.

Student government at Baylor has been around since 1913, but the group still plans to raise awareness for the work it does on campus. Zach Rogers, student body president, traveled to send-off parties for future Baylor students and also represented student government at every Line Camp and orientation this summer.

In a world filled with overpriced supermarkets that resemble shopping malls and processed snacks made with unpronounceable ingredients, a stand that sells fresh produce and organic animal products is a change from the common store shelves.

The Bears volleyball team powered their way through West Virginia University 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-20) Monday night at the Ferrell Center.

Jay-Z and Kanye West are both known for their powerful solo albums, but perhaps the two have found a second calling as collaborators. “Watch the Throne” – which is a joint effort from the two rappers – is an outright success and is one of the best albums I have had the opportunity to listen to this year.

The Lady Bears took the Ferrell Center court for their second match of the Fairfield Inn North Baylor Classic against The University of Texas Pan-American and finished victoriously, sweeping UTPA 3-0 (25-9, 25-19, 25-19.)

Baylor never made it easy on their fans, but in the end they got it done, knocking off the 14th-ranked team in the nation on national television.

Hundreds of freshmen united in voice with the spirit squad and the Golden Wave Marching Band ushered in the beginning of the Baylor Bear’s football season.

Baylor soccer looks to keep its undefeated streak alive this weekend as it travels to Kentucky for two games. Baylor (3-0-1) will face Louisville (1-1-1) tonight and Kentucky (3-0-0) on Sunday. Both games will be played at Cardinal Park in Louisville, Ky. Coach Marci Jobson said this will be her team’s biggest test of the season so far, as it will have to face a speedy Louisville squad and a Kentucky team that has not lost as well.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s autobiography, “In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir,” was released on Tuesday and has caused a stir in the political community. Cheney’s memoir, however, is hardly the first memoir to be controversial or intriguing.