Driving North 1981 COLLEGIUM Let me have the grace to speak of this for I would mind what happens here. — Robert Duncan collegium

The darkness was Protestant that year, but not A Publication of Baylor University • College of Arts & Sciences • 2001 with individual conscience, the hymn of the south, or the priesthood of the believer. Haunted, driving north, I watched the horizon gray over Oklahoma, the rim of fires drifting down from Manitoba. I stepped out hours later to the first cold of September, a season’s end. The magnolias were already old those last evenings, reflected in the watery light of summer rain. The air was dark with words. But this spring, a hymn heard through a distant window brought back the years before: The places where crepe myrtle blooms early and late, where old bells echo from a green Handel and Mendelssohn and all the music of Passover, where almost every lamppost has a name and shadows cross our days without erasing joy.

Dr. Jane Hoogestraat (B.A., 1981) Poet and Associate Professor of English, Southwest Missouri State University

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This issue of Collegium Studies sponsored a symposium on “Civil Society and the Search for focuses on the relationship Justice in Russia.” The symposium, held in February 2001, involved between professors and stu- research presentations from our faculty and students, as well as from dents. Every time I have heard prominent American and Russian scholars and journalists; the papers graduating seniors speak about currently are in press. their experiences at Baylor, this • The College of Arts and Sciences in February co-sponsored a relationship has stood at the symposium with representatives from Yonsei University in Seoul, center of their statements. Korea, on “Technology and Traditional Values in the Twenty-first Students have emphasized pro- Century.” fessors who cared for them as It has been a major aim in 2000-2001 to enhance the leadership and individuals, who nurtured community service opportunities available to our students because these them, opened them to a larger world, pushed them to reach beyond opportunities greatly strengthen our students’ preparation as civic lead- themselves, encouraged them to discover, and challenged them to excel. ers and benefit our community: It is such qualities we try most to encourage. While we are not • In the Department of Biology, two new science leadership courses always successful, the testimonies of students and graduates provide for undergraduates have been developed with the 3M Corporation — overwhelming evidence that we do succeed on a large scale. one in science education and one in community-based research. Supporting such endeavors, Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Wallace of Austin, • Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders provided Texas, and Dr. Willis Tacker of Indianapolis, Indiana, have recently more than 16,000 hours of speech-language therapy to children and made gifts to honor great teaching and the scholarship that accompa- adults in our community. nies it; we are most grateful. • Department of Communication Studies faculty members are This past year we have many examples of professors and students responsible for nearly $1 million of a $6 million grant from the U.S. working together, engaged in the process of discovery. The collabora- Department of Education’s GEAR UP program. Speech and debate tive projects they represent are among the College’s highest priorities. programs are now a part of each middle school’s curriculum in the They connect us far beyond the campus, to the community and to the Waco Independent School District as a result of Project Democracy. world, crossing the traditional boundaries of teaching and learning. • School of Social Work students contributed 20,690 hours of ser- Allow me to cite only a few such examples from 2000-2001: vice to the people of Central Texas. • The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering This year the College’s academic agenda includes strengthening the Research (CASPER), located in the Department of Physics, is directed writing and speaking capabilities of our students, connecting the class- by Dr. Truell Hyde and supported by the College. The Center works room to the world, through internships, service and leadership, enhanc- at the boundaries of dusty plasma physics, nanotechnology, the semi- ing research and discovery in all of our programs, and striving for conductor industry, and astrophysical/space physics in projects that greater cohesion in our core curriculum. The College is extremely involve high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. excited about the University's new ten-year vision; many of the • The Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Honors Week featured College's programs support this vision, and many more will contribute twelve selected senior presentations that demonstrated, to those fortu- to it in the coming year. nate to be present, the “best of Baylor.” These presentations, featuring Teaching lies at the core of our University. Grounded in our own original research and creative projects, strongly represented the humani- heritage and traditions, such teaching does not turn inward but moves ties, social sciences, and sciences, as well as the School of Education outward, draws from and contributes to the world of scholarship, culti- and Hankamer School of Business. vates the life of the mind, sees learning as an adventure, and is open • The College of Arts and Sciences, the Slavic and East European always to discovery, embracing the beauty and mystery of creation. Studies Program, and The J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State

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A Letter from the Dean Inside Front Cover

Leadership and Engagement Page 2 Five professors join Dean Wallace Daniel in a discussion about the University’s responsibility to foster a civil society. Baylor’s Own: U.S. Rep. Brad Carson Page 4 “The power Judge Priscilla Owen Page 5 Texas Sen. David Sibley Page 6 [of mentors] I Have Learned Never to Say Never Page 8 Project Democracy debate team makes its case in D.C. is in their capacity

Legacies of Baylor University Page 10 Max Sherman: A Place for Persons to Come to Fulfill Their Humanity to awaken a truth

Variations on a Classical Theme Page 12 The Classics Department builds a community of trust in which within us, great conversations and great texts can leave students changed. Learning from Cicero: Beau Egert Page 13 a truth A Way with Words Page 14 Communication Sciences and Disorders Department we can reclaim gives voice to thousands in the community. Always a Doctor in the Swint House Page 15 years later by Six Swint siblings have studied at Baylor, earning degrees and building relationships to last a lifetime. Teach Your Children Well Page 16 recalling their

‘Phenomenol’ Work Subject of BBC Documentary Page 17 BBC-Scotland comes to Baylor to feature the impact on our lives.” groundbreaking work of Dr. S. Kay Toombs.

Theater: The Act of Creativity Page 18 The Courage to Teach, Parker J. Palmer Nationally recognized theater department helps ( Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, students bring expression to universal truths. 1998, p. 21) Setting the Stage for Her Future: Rachel Hollon Page 19

On the Shoulders of Giants Page 20 Nine graduates of math and the sciences learned from the On the Cover: Students in the Classics best and took their knowledge into the world to make it better. Department often gather informally for conversations. From left are Emily Nicholson, Student Profiles Page 22 Dr. Alden Smith, Dan Hanchey, Dr. John Eight of the College’s brightest students discuss their Thorburn, Michaela White, and Jeff Hunt. years at Baylor and the professors who challenged them.

“Dear Professor . . . ” Page 29 Graduates write of their gratitude to the professors Collegium is produced by the Baylor Office of Public who cared enough to lead them into discovery. Relations for the College of Arts and Sciences

About the College Page 33 Publisher: Baylor University Editor: Dr. Wallace Daniel Faculty Publications and Notable Awards Page 34 Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Vardaman Managing Editor: Vicki Marsh Kabat Design: Randy Morrison Postscript Page 36 Writers: Claudia Beal, Laura Cadena, Julie Carlson, Randy Fiedler, Lori Scott Fogleman, LoAna Lopez, Driving North 1981 Back Cover Erika Snoberger Photography: Chris Hansen, Cliff Cheney, Joe Griffin, Billy Howard p2 collegium collegium p3 Leadership and Engagement The University’s responsibility toward fostering a civil society Daniel: Recently, there have been a number “In Second Corinthians of important books and articles written on By Tiffany Olson and Wallace Daniel the concept of civil society and democracy. In Dr. Christopher Marsh 4:8, St. Paul says, ‘We look Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, he argues not to the things that that social capital has weakened in the United States in the last few decades. He can be seen, but to the n important conversation presently tak- ing discussion even more topical. “There is more to maintains that trust, community associa- things that are unseen; for ing place on our campus and beyond Our discussants are: tions, and civic networks have all declined citizenship than A concerns the strengthening of civil soci- Dr. James Curry, chair of the Department in America, a trend he believes threatens the things that are seen voting — though I ety in the United States. Much of this conversa- of Political Science, The Bob Bullock Professor democratic society. Do you agree with his tion was inspired by Robert Putnam’s book of Political Science, and director of the Bullock premise? are transient, but the Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of Scholars and Washington Internship Programs. urge you to do it. Allman: I find his thesis compelling. We things that are unseen are American Community and a series of recent arti- Dr. John Blakeman, a specialist in are increasingly enmeshed in a global There is more to cles relating to the issues he raises. The ques- American constitutional law and European poli- economy, and the American economy Dr. Dwight Allman eternal.’ We generally tions that are involved, however, go far beyond tics and director of the spring 2001 Baylor in citizenship than stands at the forefront of the globaliza- that recent work and relate to the health of our Maastricht Program. focus on the things that tion process. This means we have paying your taxes democratic system, the obligations we have to Dr. Christopher Marsh, a specialist in become, in many ways, a society that has we see — our name in news- prepare students to be active, engaged citizens Russian and Chinese politics and director of the — though I’d less time for the engagements Putnam and to connect them to our system in creative, Asian Studies Program. He is the author of papers, headlines, our claims are important. Our society is dynamic ways. Part of the issue concerns how Making Russian Democracy Work: Social Capital, strongly advise more transient, and therefore has a hard- material possessions. But we might best prepare students to take leader- Economic Development, and Democratization er time connecting with the neighbor- you to pay them. ship positions in the future and how we might (Edwin Mellen Press, 2000); Russia at the Polls: hoods in which we find ourselves. We what Paul is talking about encourage commitment to our communities, to Voters, Elections, and Democratization Citizenship is empty have less of a public and civic identity our country, and to our world. (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2001); and co- are the invisible things and more of a private and commercial without concern In the following conversation, moderated in editor, with Dr. Nikolas Gvosdev (assistant pro- orientation. that characterize the life early summer by Dean Wallace Daniel of the fessor and assistant director of The J.M. Dawson Dr. James Curry for our fellow Marsh: I don’t agree totally. We may have College of Arts and Sciences, Professors Institute of Church-State Studies), of Civil Tutoring or building a Habitat for of Christ — truth, justice, seen a decline in formal associational life citizens, without Christopher Marsh, Tiffany Olson, John Society and the Search for Justice in Russia Humanity house may provide that satis- in the United States in recent years, but humility, service, compas- Blakeman, Dwight Allman, and James Curry (Lexington Books, 2001). faction; joining the Elks club may not. the ties that bind us discussed civil society, the role of education in Dr. Dwight Allman, a jurisprudence and that doesn’t necessarily mean there is less Curry: I think that’s a very good point. It sion, and love. These are strengthening it, the elements that shaped their political theory scholar and co-director of the civic engagement and less involvement in to one another captures, to some extent, the changes that own thinking on the subject, and how they Baylor in Oxford Program. politics. Some forms of community simple things, things that have taken place and that have to be fac- and build a attempt to prepare students for lives of engage- Professor Tiffany Olson, assistant dean in engagement are just hard to discern and tored in to understand what is driving don’t change. These are ment in civil society. This interview took place the College and a lawyer who practiced labor impossible to measure. In the last 50 common good.” our country, at least our younger stu- before the tragic events of September 11, 2001. and employment law before coming to Baylor. years, we have seen a shift in the base of the things that could well dents. Frankly, those of us who have The aftermath of these events makes the follow- community in the United States. — PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH Whereas in 1950, communities were been around much longer than they fall be the bases for a successful victim to the same kinds of pressure. We COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, based on PTA memberships, the democracy, and the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Shriners, and the Elks, today they could want things now; we want to see the MAY 21, 2001 be based on the Internet and on commu- results of the work we do. bridges between democracy nities that transcend the boundaries of Allman: For that reason, I think there’s a and Christianity in both the nation-state. lot to be said for an education that Olson: I agree with Dr. Marsh. Our civic involves students with the great texts directions.” engagement looks different today and concerned with civic life in the history of that may be due in part to the way we our civilization. I think often students — FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT communicate. We want instant gratifica- can become enthusiastic about Socrates, JIMMY CARTER Political science scholars in the College join tion — we send an e-mail, and we expect Aristotle, Augustine, John Locke, or CHRISTIANITY AND DEMOCRACY Dean Wallace Daniel for a discussion about an answer 15 minutes later, or certainly Rousseau, and this can be a way of lead- IN GLOBAL CONTEXT, the importance of nurturing leadership ing them into conversations about con- skills to enhance a civil society. From left by the end of the day. If someone — ED. JOHN WITTE, JR. front, participants are Dr. Christopher especially a student — is going to give temporary political life. It may also be a Marsh, Dr. James Curry, Dean Daniel, two or three hours to civic duty, she is way of preparing them for the fact that Dr. Dwight Allman, Professor Tiffany Olson, and Dr. John Blakeman. conditioned to want visible results. continued on page 4, Leadership... p4 collegium collegium p5

Brad Carson, ’89 Leadership..., continued from page 3 Daniel: Why did you became interested in Marsh: In fall 1991, as the Soviet Union to me (I was on a plane to Russia within politics is not always a neat and tidy business. Most of the time, the topic of civil society? was coming undone, I was taking a semi- a week of the USSR’s collapse), but it it’s a matter of sticking with something, learning to accept a less nar on Soviet politics. It also greatly affected my n 1989, graduating senior Brad Carson left Baylor with a B.A. Curry: My interest in a civil society always complete result, recognizing was an amazing time. scholarly development. in history and a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford — the fifth existed somewhere beneath the surface. I the need for compromise, and Before class even began Rhodes recipient in Baylor’s history. Today, he sits in the U.S. My early years involved significant reli- Blakeman: My interest in appreciating the virtues that the country had suffered House of Representatives serving Oklahoma’s Second District. gious and civil activities, usually with my civil society stems from an make for good politics, includ- an attempted coup, and The young congressman’s impressive career has been built upon parents, and I came to simply see this introductory political science ing prudence. I think that before the final exam, the his commitment to public service, a foundation he said was nur- kind of activity as “normal.” Returning course I had as an under- when you start talking about Commonwealth of tured and encouraged during his undergraduate years at Baylor. from active duty in the Navy in the ’60s, graduate, where our main America, one of the great texts Independent States had “Public service was something I had always believed in and to a university campus in which many readings were the Federalist that can help place the whole been established. Our Baylor reinforced that students were disaffected, cynical, and Papers and De Tocqueville’s debate about civic engagement textbooks were filled with you can make a BRAD CARSON almost hostile to participation in govern- Democracy in America. As in context is, of course, Alexis information on the politi- tremendous difference B.A., Baylor University, ment, had a large impact on my views. Dr. John Blakeman well, I’ve always been inter- 1989 De Tocqueville’s Democracy in cal structure of the Soviet in the lives of others if Rhodes Scholar, 1989 Professor Tiffany Olson But I found the speeches of President ested in why other democra- America. All our students government, which by this point had you commit yourself M.A., Oxford University, Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King to cies, such as Britain, Canada, Germany, 1991 need to read and discuss this book. become meaningless. Sitting in this to serving the public,” offer many positive lessons. Today, I gain the Netherlands, have such high voter J.D., University of class, I pondered why they were mean- Carson said. Oklahoma, 1994 Daniel: This brings us to a fundamental question. Given our mission great pleasure from working with stu- turnout rates, upward of 80 percent of Elected to Oklahoma’s and our identity as a university, why do we have an obligation to be ingless. I came to the realization that, A member of the Second District dents who become involved in govern- their electorates. In the United States, Congressional Seat, independent of political institutions, Baylor Chamber of involved in questions of civic engagement? ment — perhaps for the first time in we’re lucky if 50 percent of the electorate 2000 there exists a political realm of society, Commerce, Carson Allman: When our mission statement talks about cultivating their lives — through internship pro- shows up at a presidential election. i.e., the civil society, in which people join learned valuable lessons in that organization he has carried with leaders, I take it very seriously. Our job is to cultivate students grams. Invariably, students who return Daniel: I know that you have some programs together to achieve their aspiration. By him. “They [the Chamber] are very committed to the notion of who can go out and occupy the halls of Congress, sit in the Oval from a stint in Washington, D.C., find in place that attempt deliberately to cultivate the end of the year, the Soviet govern- public service to the community. Those are the kinds of lessons I Office, and be statesmen and women of the first order. themselves far more encouraged, positive, this sense of commitment to public order. ment lay in ruins and the various societies absorbed from my time at Baylor, and they convinced me I could Everything else falls in place under that when you're talking and engaged than when they went. I am David Brooks’ April cover story in The that stood among its ashes began the do a lot to help people.” about the civic side of our mission. convinced that personal involvement is Atlantic Monthly talks about a generation the key to building a civic culture that long process of developing new democra- When Carson returned from Oxford with a master’s degree in Blakeman: One thing that has struck me is that most of our stu- of people that has a lot of advantages, but gives respect to the individual but also tic institutions that will help them politics, philosophy, and economics, he attended the University of dents come to Baylor from a very pronounced Christian tradi- lacks a sense of noblesse oblige, of larger pur- recognizes the broader importance of achieve their vision of the future. This Oklahoma Law School and was named its 1994 Outstanding tion, and share, at least at a minimal level, the same language of society and community. experience not only revealed my calling continued on page 6, Leadership... Graduate. After working in a Tulsa, Okla., law firm, he left to obligation and responsibility toward one another. Whether spend two years in Washington, D.C., as a White House Fellow in Christian, Muslim, or Jew, this dialogue is found writ large in the Department of Defense, then came home and won election to religious traditions. And that is Baylor’s special opportunity, it Congress in November 2000. seems to me, to build on this ingrained tradition. I think we Priscilla Owen, ’76 As a freshman member of the House, Carson serves on three might find in most of our students the desire to serve others and committees: Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, the notion that there’s an obligation to do so. he is only the second woman to be “I felt I had been very blessed from the and Resources. He has concentrated his time on helping to shape Priscilla Owen Daniel: We have a new minor in religion and politics. In your opin- elected to Texas’s highest civil court. practice of law — a lot had been given to national energy policy and dealing with issues of special impor- S B.A., Baylor University, ion, what does it have to offer our students? Elected to the Supreme Court in 1994, me in terms of my profession, and I felt it 1976 tance to senior citizens, such as health care and nursing home J.D., Baylor University, Baylor graduate Priscilla Owen now awaits was time for me to give something back,” 1977 reform. Allman: In my view, religion represents a key component in the decision on her nomination by President she said. In that role she has served as the Elected Supreme Court “The most rewarding thing about this job is the tremendous equation of a healthy civil society. To the extent that Baylor can of Texas, 1994 George W. Bush to a U.S. Circuit Court of court’s liaison to the Texas Legal Services hope and faith that people place in you as a public servant to prepare students to wrestle, theoretically and practically, with key Nominated to Fifth U.S. Appeals. If approved, the appointment for the Poor Special Committee. Circuit Court of improve their lives in some way,” he said. “People are living quiet questions about the interaction, interrelationship, and interde- Appeals in New would be one more in a long line of exem- “Giving back” was a credo she learned, in Orleans, 2001 lives, taking care of their families, working hard for a living. The pendency of the church and the state, we might hope to con- plary accomplishments for the young part, as an undergraduate and law school faith they place in elected officials to try and make a difference, to tribute meaningfully to the cultivation of a generation of citizens woman who grew up in Waco. student at Baylor. keep the traditions of the country going, and to be a custodian of that is especially well prepared to address the problems of con- should continue its practice of stressing She graduated top of her class at Baylor “Baylor infuses you with the notion that all that is good in this country is quite amazing and moving.” temporary democracy. opportunities for public service. Law School and then earned the highest public service is something you ought to Carson believes Baylor’s tradition of getting students interested Curry: I think it is safe to say that this topic is among the hottest “It’s very important that the people who score in the state on her bar exam. She has consider,” she said. “Part of my education in public service is one that must be continued. in Washington and our graduates are playing crucial roles in this have the education and experience and been chosen as Baylor Young Lawyer of the at the Law School was that we do have “Increasingly, we live a life that is disconnected from our com- area: Don Willett (B.B.A., 1988) works in the White House know-how be involved in public service, Year and one of the University’s obligations to the public — there seemed to munity, from the state and from the nation,” Carson said. “So it’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. Melissa Rogers (B.A., 1988) because we’re all benefited by it,” she said. Outstanding Young Alumna. be an atmosphere that encouraged it. important that universities such as Baylor that are trying to edu- and Staci Simmons (B.A., 1996) are executive director and asso- “We want people in public service who are After 17 years spent practicing commercial You’re brought up through the teaching cate the next generation of leaders instill in people the notion that ciate director, respectively, of the Pew Forum on Religion and well-equipped, and Baylor certainly equips litigation with a Houston law firm, Owen process that you’re not in this just to make we are required to give something back. Baylor did that for me. Public Life at the Brookings Institution. Just recently this people in a lot of different walks of life to chose to leave private practice for a seat on money. It’s not a business, it’s a profession, I think that is one of its strengths, and it’s essential to continue forum held an open conference on the death penalty and the serve.”— Randy Fiedler the bench. It was a decision she made and there is a public service aspect to it.” that mission.”— Randy Fiedler ways in which religion plays a role in that debate. based on a sense of obligation to society. And Owen believes strongly that Baylor p6 collegium collegium p7

Leadership... continued from page 5 semester and find their experiences often Bob Bullock campaign funds, and also On the national level, I coordinate the aged my students to travel to The Hague Recommended Reading pose, and yet I think some of the things that can be tied into other courses they take. the Texas Senate. We have five students Baylor in Washington, D.C., Program. to attend the ongoing war crimes trials. you do nurture these values. This semester we were fortunate to in Austin this semester (spring), working Each summer, 15 to 20 students obtain Many of them did. Many of them had Curry: Our formal programs operate on establish the Bullock Scholars Program, 14- to 16-hour days for various Texas internships in Washington. The Poage- no understanding of international law or Dr. Marsh several levels. We have 30 to 35 students named for late Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock. senators. They are handling significant Mayborn Seminar in Washington, which the idea of war crimes. They would Timothy Colton, Transitional Citizens: Voters every semester who participate in our The program actually originated in the assignments and have made a very favor- every student attends prior to beginning come back and say, “Dr. Blakeman, I and What Influences Them in the New Russia (Harvard University Press, 2000). A very local public service internship program. Texas Senate with Sen. David Sibley, a able impression. Because this is a bienni- the internship, brings together a large never knew.” They would literally sit for al program, we hope that the number of number of Baylor alums who work in four or five hours in the public gallery recent addition to the debate but it already is Our students work for the city of Waco, Baylor Regent. It was funded largely making a great impact. The argument is sim- in nonprofit organizations, and various through generous grants from the lieu- students we can send in spring 2003 will D.C. and current Baylor students. mesmerized by the trial. In that sense, ple: To make democracy work in Russia, civic associations. Students work for a tenant governor’s wife, Mrs. Jan Bullock, at least double. Students come away from this program my goal of encouraging these students to Russians must stop viewing themselves as with terrific experience, which may lead understand themselves more globally subjects of the government and start acting like citizens in the true sense of the word. to a full-time job after graduation, as well worked. I was amazed at the feedback I got. It went beyond my expectations. Alena Ledeneva, Russia’s Economy of Favours: as upper-level credit in political science. Blat, Networking, and Informal Exchange David Sibley, ’70 My experience has been that our students Marsh: I think one thing that we have to (Cambridge University Press, 1998). This is a who go to Washington come back very remember, the point that Robert Putnam favorite book of mine, the first to examine systematically the constraints of developing a en. David Sibley announced this fall he In 1991, he was elected to his first term in David Sibley much affected by what they see. They makes, is that social capital is inherited; free market presented by cultural context. would step down from public office, the Texas Senate, and has since become B.A., Baylor University, find that things are perhaps not as dark civic traditions are inherited. We don’t S 1970 Dr. Blakeman completing his 10th year representing counsel to a Waco law firm. In 1997, he D.D.S., Baylor College of and bleak in Washington as they might create them overnight, and we don’t Senate District No. 22, a 16-county district was elected to the Baylor Board of Regents. Dentistry, 1974 have thought. Things actually do get devise a short-term plan to reinvigorate Gabriel A. Almond and Sidney Verba, The J.D., Baylor University, Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy that includes Waco, his hometown. The veteran legislator said one of the 1989 done, and people actually care about what them. We have to come up with a long- in Five Nations (Sage Publications, 1989). For a man who expected oral surgery to keys to producing effective public servants Elected to the Texas they do. I think one of the best cures for term dialogue, a long-term strategy — in This is a classic, and somewhat dated, study of Senate District 22, 1991 political culture in five democracies. First be his career, his role in public service has is to nurture leadership skills, something he Baylor Board of Regents, cynicism and skepticism is involvement. those terms — if it’s going to work. been impressive. He is recognized for his believes Baylor does well. 1997 They need to see exactly what is done, published in the 1960s, it precedes our current Daniel: You use an important term — “to debate on civil society and is one of its main legislative work in restructuring the electric “I never have been one who believed you and step away from the pervasive stereo- cultivate a dialogue”— and that’s obviously intellectual foundations. utility industry in Texas, creating a research teach somebody to be a leader,” he said. Students who get involved in public ser- types and labeling. where the University is going to have to play Mary Ann Glendon, Rights Talk: The vice while in college not only help society, and development tax credit, giving franchise “You can develop those skills, but you’re not Marsh: In February we had a civil society a key role. Impoverishment of Political Discourse (Free tax credits to companies that invest or cre- going to take someone who has no leader- but give themselves a more mature world- Press, 1991). A Harvard law professor, conference focusing on issues of justice Olson: I’d like to mention one other ate jobs in economically distressed areas, ship ability and teach them to be a leader. view, he said. Glendon argues that our emphasis on absolute and civil society in Russia. Our partici- point. As professors, we have the great rights inhibits the political dialogue necessary and restricting government infringement What I think Baylor does is allow you to be “Whether it’s government work, philan- pants from Russia included Georgy Bovt privilege of seeing the excitement in a to reach consensus on important issues and upon religious expression. all you can be. There are many avenues thropic work, or plugging in through a also causes us to overlook the responsibilities from Isvestiya, a leading newspaper in student’s eyes when the classroom discus- For his accomplishments, he has been there for leadership. A lot of us have inher- church, I think there’s a lot of what I call — civic and social — that we owe others. Russia, and Gregory Kliucharev, a mem- sion connects to yesterday’s headlines. named one of the best state legislators by ent skills or abilities, and Baylor helps psychological reward [in public service],” he Dr. Allman ber of a Russian think tank, as well as That certainly happened in all of our Texas Monthly three times. He also was develop them.” said. “It turns students from just looking Jean Bethke Elsthain, Democracy on Trial numerous scholars from the United classes with the 2000 presidential elec- named “Texas Medicine’s Best Legislator” Sibley credits Baylor with cultivating inward — ‘What am I going to make this (Basic Books, 1995). This is a very good States. Many students attended and they tion. The opportunity to teach political by the Texas Medical Association and was future leaders through involvement in a semester? What am I going to do with the entry into the state of American democracy. met Bovt, who is struggling with press science during an election year, especially honored by the Texas Academy of Family variety of campus organizations, such as rest of my life? Who am I going to date Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: The Collapse freedom in his own country. Shortly when many of these students had just Physicians in 1993, 1995, and 1997. This holding office in a fraternity or involvement this weekend?’— and turns them outward. and Revival of American Community (Simon after the conference, Russia shut down its voted for the first time, is one of the rea- and Schuster, 2000). Putnam’s book is a must fall, Sibley was presented with an inaugural in Sing. They find there are people out there they last free media institution. Now, things sons I love this profession. It was a great read, as well as his original article by the same honor from the Independent Colleges and “I don’t care where you are, the ability to can help.” title, which appeared in the January 1995 issue are largely state controlled, and I think thrill to walk in the day after the election Universities of Texas, the ICUT Legislative organize, get things done, map it out, keep And as world problems intensify in of the Journal of Democracy. this really brought the issue of free press and see all my students bleary-eyed and Champion Award. it on schedule and on budget — those many areas, Sibley believes it’s crucial for Dr. Curry home for a lot of our students. full of questions. The election became a The star high school and college basket- things are invaluable,” he said. Christian institutions such as Baylor to Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Daniel: In looking at the next several years, vehicle for me to teach about the elec- ball player came to Baylor to prepare for a Sibley played a lead role in the Texas encourage students to contribute to society. trans. Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop what do you think Baylor’s opportunity is to toral college, due process, and the mean- health care career. After earning his Senate’s recent establishment of the Bullock “People ought to be involved. I think (University of Chicago Press, 2000). I realize nurture a sense of civic responsibility in our ing of “one person/one vote.” Our stu- his book is not current, but I have been a big D.D.S., he came home to Waco and estab- Scholars Program, created in honor of the God would have His people be involved in students? dents care about civil society and the fan of De Tocqueville since I first read him as lished a successful practice as an oral sur- late Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, a 1958 Baylor more than just themselves,” he said. “My an undergraduate. constitutional implications of current geon. His first forays into public service Law School graduate. The program gives argument would be that it is more impor- Blakeman: One of my goals with our pro- Robert Bellah, Habits of the Heart: events. It’s our job to tap into their were on the Waco City Council and later as Baylor students the opportunity to spend a tant for a university like Baylor to stress gram in Maastricht was to get the stu- Individualism and Commitment in American enthusiasm. the city’s mayor. Then, a neck injury forced semester living in Austin and working for these things. I think we’re called out to be dents as integrated into European society Life (University of California Press, 1985). salt and light. And I think we owe it not as possible. I wanted them to understand Although more than 15 years old, this book him to give up his dental practice, and he Senate lawmakers; five did so in spring 2001. remains timely and interesting. entered Baylor Law School. After graduat- “They did a great job,” Sibley said. “I just to ourselves and our country, but I their role as an American vis a vis ing, he joined the McLennan County think it gave them a vision. It’s a great think we owe it to God.”— Randy Fiedler Europe, an American traveling in District Attorney’s office as a prosecutor. opportunity.” Europe, and as global citizens. I encour- p8 collegium collegium p9 “I have learned never to say never” Project Democracy debate team makes its case in D.C.

By Skye Perryman ( Junior, B.A. in philosophy/economics)

hen some people hear about a resources and experience of Baylor’s nationally about to begin would be radically different from • The students participated in a debate hosted “Skye, herself, is debate team, they generally think of prominent debate program. In doing so, the the ones I had known during my high school by the U.S. Joint Commission on W a group of high-performing, acade- expectation is that the scholastic performance of years. Not only are the students younger, most Presidential Debates in October 2000 and articulate, intelli- mically motivated, upper-income students from at-risk students will improve, as will their oppor- are racial minorities, many live in poverty, and had the opportunity to present from a podi- families with impressive educational levels and tunities to pursue higher education. many are not considered high academic achiev- um used by five U.S. presidents. gent, organized, considerable economic security. Project The idea behind Project Democracy, then, is ers. Given these statistics, Project Democracy • They gave a demonstration debate at the Democracy, a program that brings debate skills simple: Take a group of kids, with backgrounds seemed destined for failure. National Collegiate Debate Tournament in and politically to middle school children of all socioeconomic and socioeconomic conditions that ordinarily What the demographic predictors leave out is March at Baylor. levels, works to break down such stereotypes. indicate they are at risk of dropping out of that these students are unique and creative indi- • They were invited to meet Texas Gov. Rick An initiative developed by Baylor University school, believe in them, and see what happens. viduals; and, like all other children, they dream active. The most Perry and Texas State Speaker of the House as part of a $6 million federal grant called This is what I have had the privilege of doing for their own versions of the American dream. James E. “Pete” Laney. GEAR UP Waco, Project Democracy is specifi- the past two years, first as a volunteer with the Chaz wants to be a judge, Erica wants to own a interesting thing cally designed to enhance the academic perfor- program and now as its coordinator, and amaz- child care center, and Ahandrika wants to be a • The Baylor Debate Team provided several mance of at-risk students — not necessarily the ing things are happening. computer technician. For these students and WISD students with scholarships to attend about her is that student population most likely to enter debate. In fall 1999, Dr. Leeper told me about Project many others, their hopes will be difficult to Baylor’s summer debate institute. Headed by Dr. Karla Leeper, associate profes- Democracy and asked me to work with teachers, achieve because of the stark socioeconomic barri- The most exciting news of all came this she has translated sor of communication studies and director of the administrators, and, most important, students to ers they face. September: The Carver debate team was invited Glenn R. Capp Debate Forum at Baylor, Project begin a debate team at G.W. Carver Academy, a Project Democracy tries to make some of by executives in the U.S. Department of all this into a Democracy introduces debate skills such as local public middle school. those dreams a reality by teaching students to Education to demonstrate its skills at the nation- researching, writing, speaking, critical thinking, I was very excited to be given this opportuni- think, speak, and write well before they reach al GEAR UP Conference next spring in language that and problem solving to students by utilizing the ty. I did not know that the debate team I was high school. Perhaps even more important than Washington, D.C. Dr. Leeper and I will present strengthening academic skills, the students learn the benefits of providing disadvantaged children to use effective and well-chosen words to diffuse with opportunities to participate in extracurricu- engages and their anger and resolve conflicts. lar academic activities such as debate. Initially planned for all six Waco Independent Now, the program is in all WISD middle inspires middle School District middle schools, Project schools and some high schools. Members of the Democracy found its earliest success at Carver. original team are now in high school. Some schoolers. She has Our original team consisted of three Carver have been elected class officers and others have teachers — Deborah Burkes, Christy received awards at state-level debate tourna- high expectations Cunningham, and Sandra Gibson — and 60 stu- ments. dents, 20 each from sixth, seventh, and eighth We began with students for whom society had of kids where soci- grades. The next year, Mary Duty, another low expectations. Project Democracy proves that Carver teacher and a Baylor alumna, offered her these expectations can be overcome. Anyone can ety has low.” classroom as a permanent place for us to work. talk about the American dream, but providing Carver principal Roxanne Bass and GEAR UP resources so that all children can attain their Waco project director Matthew Williams also dreams is what Project Democracy does. — Dr. Karla Leeper were helpful. When universities, local schools, government, associate professor of In our second year, the program began to and community members work together, what communication studies attract attention. The local news media began to seems impossible can be achieved. Two years tell our story, and many people came to watch ago I never would have believed that this group the team debate, including U.S. Rep. Chet of students would be transformed into a nation- Edwards, Texas State Rep. Jim Dunnam, and ally recognized, policy-influencing body. I have local school board members. Other notable learned never to say never. accomplishments were:

Baylor junior Skye Perryman, center, reviews debate research with students at G.W. Carver Academy, with whom she volunteers in the Project Democracy program. p10 collegium collegium p11 Baylor Legacies“... a place for persons to come ofto fulfill their humanity” By Max Sherman

he series on Legacies of Baylor is not written about Hannibal Lecter, I have writ- In the two graduate courses described in these words: “When ten many speeches, law review articles, and I teach each year I have stu- T alumni gather, conversations eventually more political speeches than I can remember. dents review a book. To help turn to revered professors and demanding class- I was also chairman of the Style and Drafting them with this assignment, I room assignments. Whether viewed as tough Committee in the 1973 Texas Constitutional give them a revised version of taskmasters or gentle encouragers, these profes- Convention. I do not recall how she challenged “Dr. Lynn’s Guide to a Good sors endear themselves to the lives of students me, but it was important to write well and to be Book Review.” and often are the ones singled out for, ‘I would- proud of what I wrote. I still have a short story • The Quarter System n’t be where I am if not for ....’” I wrote during homecoming. That was in the made it possible for me to take The “campus legacies” that already have day when freshmen would stay up all night courses in biology, geology appeared in print tell much of my story: guarding the campus. I wrote that paper by the (taught by the department Max Sherman teaches courses in ethics • Ralph Lynn, for whom our son is named and light of a bonfire. Thanks, Miss Smith head), chemistry (taught by and state and local government at the who gave the inaugural address when I (Githens). LBJ School of Public Affairs, where he the department head, who told was Dean from 1983 until 1997. Prior became president of West Texas State Here are a few of the dabbles that have us he had designed the course to that, he served as Special Counsel to University. enriched my life: for those of us who would take the Governor of Texas and in the Texas • Haywood Shuford, who allowed me to take • Five courses in English literature: In two only one course in chemistry), Senate. Sherman also was President of his graduate class on Symbolic and courses (English Renaissance and West Texas State University. He has a and psychology. B.A. in history from Baylor and was a Mathematical Logic, stretched me and Wordsworth) I tried to convince Dr. Charles • I was told to avoid a cer- 1992 Baylor University Distinguished pulled me in every possible direction to teach G. Smith that I was an “A” student by Ralph tain algebra professor because Alumnus. me a way of thinking that has influenced Lynn’s definition. He was not convinced. he was too tough. I took his Kokernot Hall in the late 1950s, where Max Sherman everything I have done since, and was kind • Five courses in philosophy: Dr. Leonard course and would not take any- served as a “wing ding” for three years. At right is enough to say that I passed the course. Duce’s three-course survey was a must, and thing for the rigor of that course. Sherman’s senior photo in the 1957 Round Up annual. • Glenn R. Capp, whose approach to debate two logic courses. • I was introduced to two lan- and teaching was captured so well by guages: French and German. Although I was self.” My Baylor educa- • As many history courses as I could work in Rebecca Dawson Brumley. not a good language student, today these two tion falls within the first — several from Ralph Lynn and Bob Reid. For me the Legacy of Baylor is all of the languages are not foreign to me. definition and I am confi- With my own children and my students at above but so much more. I am grateful to have I would be remiss if I did not identify dent Baylor did equip me the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public attended Baylor under the Quarter System. Kokernot Hall, which was at that time a boy’s to achieve the second. Affairs, I have shared this observation of Dr. Having three new academic units in the tradi- dormitory. I lived there as a freshman and for There is this beautiful definition of a college Lynn’s: tional nine-month academic year allowed eigh- three more years as a wing director. For me, or university: “. . . a place for persons to come teen-year-old students like me to test their If you do everything expected in the syllabus, Kokernot Hall was one of the most important to fulfill their humanity.” For me Baylor was minds and to a real extent “find themselves.” you will make a “B,” and a “B” is an excellent “classrooms” of my Baylor experience. Lannes and is just such a place.* I dabbled in the rich offerings of the Baylor grade. If you do more than what is expected, Hope, the dorm director, selected as wing direc- you may make an “A.” faculty. tors a group of good students, whom he * Baylor introduced me to a host of speakers from all over the world. In the spring 2001 issue of the Baylor Line, On the final paper in the course on the believed to have leadership potential. Much of One of those was Carlyle Marney, then Pastor of First Baptist Church, Thomas Harris acknowledged his debt of grati- French Revolution, I worked hard on a paper my Baylor education took place in exchanges Austin, Texas. In Dr. Marney’s 1953 book, These Things Remain,he tude to Elizabeth Smith Githens, his English about a remote French province. I found old, with these fellow “wing dings” and the enthusi- has a section called “Debit.” It begins with these words: “Any [person] teacher. The former Ambassador to Sweden, musty books that did not appear to have ever astic freshmen boys who came to Baylor during would be hard pressed if called upon to give credit for borrowed lan- guage alone, much less for ideas. The list below is an honest attempt to Lyndon Olson, in his remarks upon receiving been opened. I thought I had grasped the gold those years. acknowledge both words and ideas that feel like my own and are not.” the Distinguished Alumni Award, also named ring. Dr. Lynn gave me a “B+” and appended I do believe that “education is learning what Similarly, the quotations in my last two paragraphs are words and ideas this notation: “Mr. Sherman, this is an excel- Elizabeth Smith Githens as one of the strong you didn’t even know you didn’t know” and that that feel like my own and are not, and this is my attempt to acknowl- Baylor influences in his life. Miss Smith was lent paper. With a little more work it would be “a college education should equip you to enter- edge those unknown originators. As Dr. Marney goes on to say, “These my freshman English teacher. Although I have an ‘A’ paper.” tain three things: an idea, a friend, and your- are my creditors ....” p12 collegium collegium p13 Variations on a Classical Theme

By Dr. Jeffrey B. Fish

great conversation is like the improvised more immediately conjure up visions of the Herodotus and Polybius. Reading only the reading them can serve as tools for under- of trust and community that is critical for music of a group of musicians. What senior seminar, where a professor is a guide on New Testament too often results in a kind standing and teaching the New Testament true discussion and learning can arise. Aside Aeach plays causes the others to think of the sidelines of a flourishing discussion, rather of reading that is actually closer to remem- that students otherwise would not have. from our hallways and offices, many of the things they never thought of, and, consequently, than, say, describing a beginning language class. bering, thanks to our familiarity with the After reading some of the Greek and conversations happen in the Trantham to respond by playing something they have never But even at the beginning stages of a discipline, English text. At worst, as a renowned Roman Classics with us, they will be able to Memorial Lounge, which everyone refers to played, or never played in the same way. A kind community and mutual trust are no less essential: Greek scholar once pointed out to me, stu- understand the appeal and the scandal of the as the Lounge of Destiny. Our chair, Alden of unexpected upward spiral can occur, a virtuous they enable students to persevere when they dents may end up learning how to “read” in Christian faith in the ancient world, and Smith, who coined the nickname, meant it circle, with each bringing out the unplanned best might not otherwise. And why persevere? the way that one knows how to “play” a they will be able to read and teach the New partly as a kind of joke, but I’m sure only in the others. But such illuminating conversa- Studying an ancient language is not always player piano. To avoid this trap, students Testament more closely and carefully. partly. Great conversations leave us tions do not usually happen on their own, espe- accompanied by the immediate satisfaction that must trust that we know where to lead We have found this enterprise of helping changed. They leave us with a new strain of cially in an academic setting. They happen where some other disciplines enjoy. A student can mas- them. “Why am I slogging through all this to form students happens naturally and music. They can cause us to question and ter two decades of American history, or read a pagan Greek when all I want to do is read enjoyably if our department becomes a kind sometimes to change our life’s goals and novel or two in the length of time it takes to the New Testament?” many a beginning stu- of home to the students. We desire to make ambitions. They may lead to lifelong learn Latin or Greek well enough to get through dent may think. Why indeed? Those who it a place where they want to spend time friendships. One might even say, they can a fairly complex sentence. stay with it ultimately see that the “huge outside of class, reading Greek and Latin change our destiny. In the Department of Classics, we strive in our diversion” was not a diversion at all. The together, and conversing with their fellow beginning courses to give students glimpses of ancient texts are worthwhile in their own students and with us. Sometimes faculty Dr. Jeffrey B. Fish the reward, of what it is like to read Virgil or right, and contain much that is beautiful and and students engage in conversation in Assistant Professor of Classics Homer or the Gospels in their original language. true and worthy of praise (Philippians 4:6). growing clusters in hallways and offices. But occasionally there will be some drudgery. We learn to analyze and judge these texts. Along with serious discussion and argument, Why bother with it? A child learning to play the Then, in the same moment they also are there will be stories, anecdotes, jokes, and piano must master scales and arpeggios before judging us. Moreover, the skills acquired in laughter. It is here, especially, that the sense going on to the minuet and then to the fugue. Endless numbers of things, of course, provide more immediate gratification than scales and arpeggios. But the one who submits to the disci- Learning from Cicero: Reflections on Beau Egert pline and continues on reaches that surprising By Dr. Alden Smith point of looking back, happy now in the greater joy of playing the fugue, happy that the immedi- eau first read Latin with me as a same at Baylor and in the Waco communi- monwealth ate pleasures had been foregone. It is not just Bsophomore in my third semester course ty. Academically speaking, Cicero came to and his pur- fugue-playing in life that requires a process of on Cicero’s speech, Pro Caelio. I cannot say Rome well-prepared but needing to learn suit of commitment and devotion — sacrifice, actually. definitively that it was Cicero that inspired more; Baylor received Beau in a similar office. And there are usually other things that one Beau to want to try to become a communi- state. As Cicero did, Beau mastered Latin While would rather be doing at the moment of sacrifice. ty leader and Rhodes Scholar finalist, goals and studied a good bit of Greek. Rome Cicero’s dis- At the beginning stages especially, not only do Animated discussions are the norm in Dr. Alden Smith’s office and down the hall in the “Lounge of he achieved during his tenure at Baylor. I found in her adopted son, Cicero, a person appoint- Destiny.” From back left are Chris Babcock, Dr. John Nordling, Professor Tommye Lou Davis, Alex Besst, our students have to trust us that the disciplines can say it was during this course that our for whom second best was not enough; such ments came Emily Nicholson, Dr. Smith, Dan Hanchey, and Jeff Hunt. we are teaching them are worthwhile, they must friendship began, and it was during this is Beau’s nature. Beau already had, and after the trust that we know the best way to the final goal. course that he and I began to talk about his grew further in, qualities of diligence, hard apex of his there is mutual trust and the freedom and desire Most of the students who wish to study Greek trying for a Rhodes and changing the world work, and moral courage. Like Cicero, career, Beau to speak openly and frankly. Such an atmosphere come to the Classics department with one thing for the better. Beau dived into his environment, taking faced one or of trust has to be cultivated purposefully. in mind: reading the Greek New Testament. This is altogether fitting, for Cicero was leadership roles from the beginning and two during his college years. Though Beau Without the trust, something less than a true What is the best way of fulfilling this laudable a person not unlike Beau. That famous turning what was, in his high school years, filed Truman and Rhodes applications and conversation occurs. No one is changed when it goal, and one especially needed today? statesman was what the Romans called a athletic dedication into scholarly and com- went through the pre-interview and inter- is over. Paradoxically, the best way is by reading primarily novus homo, or “new man,” who broke into munal dedication while in college. Beau is view processes for both, he won neither The analogy of improvising musicians who outside of the New Testament at first, going the Roman political scene without academic as relentless about his pursuit of excellence scholarship. The Rhodes was a particularly bring out the best thoughts in one another might through authors like Plato and Homer and and professional connections. Beau did the as Cicero was about his zeal for the com- continued on page 32, Learning... p14 collegium collegium p15 A Way with Words Always a Doctor in the Swint House

Department gives voice to thousands in community By Lori Scott Fogleman

By Dr. Kathy A. Whipple

he words “I love you” are powerful. Language Institute (ALI), the clients receive ith her older sisters Liskin and Erin torian or salutatorian Imagine what it must be like to be both individualized treatment and small group earning chemistry degrees from from North Lamar High Tunable to communicate that emotion, interactions. The parent of a child enrolled in W Baylor University, Dr. Lorin Swint School in Paris, Texas, or any emotion. Research shows that speech the PLI voiced her satisfaction in this way: Matthews looked to break the mold. And and have all added communication impairments affect 5 percent My husband and I are so thankful for the though the general physics class she took as a enough letters after their of young people aged 5 to 21 and deprive speech program and especially the PLI. Our sophomore in 1991 seemed innocuous enough, names to fill a bowl of them of the ability to express themselves in 4-year-old daughter, Becky, was diagnosed meeting its professor changed the course of her alphabet soup. adequate ways. as having a hearing loss shortly before the life. Following his three sis- The faculty, staff, and stu- age of 3. She was fitted with hearing aids. “Lorin always finished about 20 minutes earli- ters who have all earned dents of Baylor’s Department She had almost no speech when we started. er than everybody else on exams and would Ph.D.s, Reuel earned his of Communication Sciences Her progress has been tremendous. We always do so well,” said Dr. Truell Hyde, profes- B.S. in electrical engi- and Disorders are dedicated wouldn’t have known where to turn without sor of Lorin’s first physics class. “After I had her neering from Baylor in to helping individuals with your program. We are now hopeful that in class, I wondered if there were any more 1997 and his master’s communication impairments, Becky will be able to attend school with Swints in the pipeline. And remarkably enough, degree in 2000 from the one voice at a time. Our normally hearing children. Thank you from there were.” University of Illinois, department provides more the bottom of our hearts. Three more. Although Lorin was the only where he is pursuing a than 16,000 hours of The department has nearly 200 undergrad- one of the six Swint siblings to major in physics, doctorate in the field of speech/language therapy uate and 45 graduate students enrolled. It is her brothers Reuel, Galen, and Ethan all fol- optoelectronics. Galen each year to individuals in not unusual for many of them to experience a lowed her to Baylor and became like family to received his B.S. in com- the community, working transformation of their own, as this parent Dr. Hyde, and vice versa. puter science from with young children and shared: “We were all attracted to Baylor because it was Baylor in 2000 and is adults. We originally were As I reflect on Lindsay’s five-plus years at a small school where you got to know your pro- working on a doctorate Dr. Truell Hyde, left, Ethan Swint, center, and Dr. Lorin Swint Matthews part of the Department of Baylor, I am extremely appreciative. As you fessors and yet had a really good academic repu- at Georgia Tech. are mentors, friends, and colleagues. Speech, Theater, and know, a college education is so much more tation,” said Lorin, who earned her B.S. in Despite the academ- Communication Disorders, than acquiring academic competencies. She physics from Baylor in 1994 and her doctorate ic accolades of this impressive clan, ask any of the but separated from it in has not only received an excellent academic four years later. She’s now a physics lecturer and five older siblings about their accomplishments 1972. The Speech and education but has matured into an outstand- a senior research scientist for Dr. Hyde at and each responds the same: “Wait till you meet Hearing Clinic began in ing young woman with solid core values, Baylor’s Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, Ethan. He’s the smart one.” Whether that 1951. ethics, and a great outlook on life. These and Engineering Research, better known as response is pride in the “baby” of the family or The impact of our work is results are priceless and a reflection of you CASPER. comes from a large dose of humility, Ethan cer- What seems like play to preschoolers helps develop enunciation skills at the Joy C. Reynolds Preschool Language Institute. expressed eloquently by the and your department. I believe that Lindsay Developing that bond with her professor has tainly is keeping up the family name. After mak- parent of a 2-year-old child will become an accomplished speech pathol- been a boon to Lorin’s career, as a student and ing a perfect score on the math segment of his enrolled in the Baylor Speech and Hearing ogist; and for that, you should take great sat- now as Dr. Hyde’s colleague. Dr. Hyde is associ- SAT, he came to Baylor’s School of Engineering Clinic: isfaction. Thank you for a job well done! ate professor of physics, director of physics gradu- and Computer Science, where he was named its Elizabeth has only been coming to the Can there be any doubt that I love what I ate studies, and the University’s vice provost for Outstanding Student for 2000. He will graduate Baylor clinic for four months and she is like do? I enjoy making a difference in people’s research. in May 2002 with a degree in electrical engineer- a different child. [Formerly,] she was not lives. I enjoy watching the changes being “It really made my life so much easier, to have ing and, of course, will attend graduate school. able to communicate at all; now she can use made in our young clients from nonspeakers to someone looking out for opportunities for me Although the Swint brothers earned degrees sign language and even some words. You jabberers. I enjoy helping adults learn to com- and giving me direction — here is something you in fields outside of physics, Dr. Hyde served as a can’t imagine what a blessing this has been municate again after losing their ability to can do, here are scholarships and grants you can mentor for both Galen’s and Ethan’s honors the- to our family. It is as if your speech depart- speak due to a stroke. I enjoy watching our apply for,” she said. “As a colleague, it’s kind of ses. Reuel sought Dr. Hyde’s advice on upper- Dr. Kathy A. Whipple ment ‘gave’ us our daughter by bringing her young college students enter wide-eyed and the same thing — to have direction. I’m teaching level course work and graduate schools. Professor and Chair of out of her shell. maturing to become accomplished speech- a class for the first time, and I can ask, ‘How have “It was very helpful to me to be able to talk Communication Sciences and Whether a child is enrolled in the Joy C. language pathologists. A career in speech you taught it in the past? What insight can you with someone who was technically and academi- Disorders Reynolds Preschool Language Institute (PLI) pathology allows us to “help” individuals every give me?’” cally connected,” Reuel said. “The fact that he or an adult is being seen in the Adult day. Isn’t that what makes life meaningful? The six Swints all graduated as either valedic- continued on page 32, Always... p16 collegium collegium p17 ‘Phenomenol’ Work Subject of BBC Documentary Teach Your Children Well By Claudia Beal

By Dr. Lorin Swint Matthews

One reads about family dynasties. Certainly afternoon I received a summons asking if I the official event. However, the school’s aylor students and faculty regularly travel has multiple the Kennedys were such. The Vanderbilts. The was busy doing anything. Since I was read- science fair landed on the Monday after the across the ocean to Great Britain to expe- sclerosis, a Rockefellers. And while these dynasties are ing a book (and in our house that was such District UIL Academic competition, which Brience the history and culture of another chronic, incur- known for accumulating and dispensing a natural state of affairs that you weren’t was on Saturday. Since I competed in sev- country. This summer a film crew from one of able disease of wealth, one wonders about a family dynasty considered to be doing anything if you were eral events in this competition, I spent the Britain’s premier cultural institutions, the British the nervous sys- built on accumulating and dispensing knowl- reading), I answered no. Dad then asked week before practicing on my events instead Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) of Scotland, traveled tem. Muir rec- edge. Such a family is the Swints. We asked me if I would add up a column of numbers of on my science fair project. I told my par- to Waco to interview Dr. Kay Toombs, recently ognized Dr. Dr. Lorin Swint Matthews what it was about for him on the adding machine. To that I ents I’d get the poster done after the com- retired associate professor of philosophy, as part of Toombs would her parents, Dr. Richard and Susan Swint, willingly complied and when I finished, he petition, which they thought was fine. But a new documentary television series. have a unique dermatologist and homemaker, that enabled said, “Great. Now add up the other five then on Saturday, our school won the dis- Fans of public television are familiar with the perspective on them to rear six such exceptional children. This columns on that spreadsheet.” So I repeat- trict competition, and my friends suggested quality of BBC’s educational and cultural pro- the illness expe- is what she shared with us: ed my addition feats and had yards of that we get together to celebrate that night. gramming, which continues with its six-part series rience as both adding machine tape to show for my efforts. I posed my dilemma to my parents and they titled “Making Meaning.” The series focuses on philosopher and his is a difficult thing to sum up in “Now,” said Dad, “see if the totals of those said, “By all means, go out and have fun. human experiences in medicine, politics, educa- patient. two or three lines. I’m not sure I six columns add up to be zero.” Of course, You have all day tomorrow to work on your tion, religion, science, and ethnicity and explores “We think The film crew from BBC-Scotland and Dr. Kay Toombs, front right, spent many hours could explain it in a book. I’m not they didn’t, so I spent the next several hours poster.” how people create meaning in their lives and the we know what T together this summer during the filming of the “Making Meaning” documentary. sure if I can explain it at all. I’ll relate two searching for mistakes both in my addition Well, on Sunday we went to church in stories we tell to communicate our experiences. we mean by illness instances that I think help illustrate what and in the ledgers. I performed so the morning and then had guests over for “We have told stories to share our experiences – the cluster of medical symptoms. But from the our parents expected of us and how they admirably on this task that I was given Sunday dinner, and finally in the middle of over the millennia as a means of bringing some patient’s point of view, that is not the whole story, more ledger the afternoon I had to excuse myself to go kind of order out of the chaos of human experi- or even the most important aspect of the story,” sheets that work on my project. What I didn’t realize ence,” said series producer Anne Muir. “Making Muir said. “Dr. Toombs’ work embodies that had data for was that this science fair project actually meaning is a significant human activity. It may idea.” more years, had tons of data that had to be compiled even be the defining human characteristic.” The Muir had an additional reason to be intrigued and I spent and made sense of before I could start on series, she said, asks key questions about the sto- by Dr. Toombs; Muir also lives with a chronic ill- most of the my poster. So by supper time I had just ries we choose to relate in an effort to find com- ness. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, Muir rest of the about finished that part and only then was mon themes. discovered the anatomic reality of her diseased month ready to start making graphs and writing BBC researchers asked Dr. Toombs to partici- joints was secondary to how the degenerative con- straighten- text. That’s what I did after supper, but pate in the segment on medicine after they dis- dition would change her life. “I thought about my ing out years these were in the days of dot matrix printers covered her writings on the subject of illness. Dr. hands, and how the progression of the disease of financial and everything on my poster had to be Toombs is widely recognized as a pioneer in her might affect my ability to do my work as a TV records. I drawn or written by hand. It took me a scholarly research on the human experience of ill- producer. If I can no longer be that, then who didn’t realize loooong time to get everything laid out and ness and disability. Her seminal work, The am I?” she reflected. Such efforts to find meaning this was a colored in. My parents, however, didn’t Meaning of Illness, presents a phenomenological in illness are a central concern of Dr. Toombs’ permanent abandon me to my fate at midnight. Dad analysis of the different perspectives of physician research. The Swint family gathers at their East Texas home for Thanksgiving. Front, from left, are job until actually sat up with me until four in the and patient. She also is the editor of The five-member, Glasgow-based crew spent Lorin Swint Matthews, parents Susan and Richard, and Reuel. Back, from left, are Ethan, about three morning while I drew everything in (we ate Phenomenology and Medicine, Volume 3 in The two days in Waco focusing on Dr. Toombs as a Lorin’s husband Chris, Erin Swint Edwards and husband Tim, Galen, and Liskin Swint Kruse years later. a pound of M&Ms for the caffeine, and Handbook for the Philosophy of Medicine. During person living with a disability as well as a philoso- and husband Joel. The sec- Mom stayed up nearly that late typing the her 12 years at Baylor, Dr. Toombs taught several pher who routinely grapples with the complexities encourage us. ond incident occurred my sophomore year figure captions I sent to her as I finished innovative courses, including “Philosophy and of human experience. They filmed her on the One is how I became the accountant for of high school as I was working on my sci- writing them. Medicine” and “Literary and Philosophical Baylor campus, in the classroom, and at home my dad’s pension plan at age 13. He didn’t ence fair project. I was actually a very inde- So, in summary, I guess that they expect- Perspectives on Medicine,” which explored the doing chores with her husband, Dee Toombs. tell me I was getting the job of being the pendent child and seldom asked Mom or ed us to be capable of learning to do human dimension of illness. First-person patient Dr. Toombs found the experience of being accountant, or ask me to be the accountant, Dad to help me on my projects. I had spent (almost) anything on our own and were accounts figured prominently in both courses. shadowed by a film crew somewhat odd at first, he just started giving me the work and about 11 months collecting data on the always there to give us that extra push when The BBC team was intrigued by Dr. Toombs’ she said, but the warmth and camaraderie of the gradually let me realize that I was now the effects of feeding MSG to gerbils that year we got stuck. work in the field of phenomenology, study that crew soon made her feel at ease. official accountant! and so really had my project done way in has a personal component for Dr. Toombs who continued on page 32, ‘Phenomenol’... It came about this way: One summer advance, but put off making the poster for p18 collegium collegium p19 Theater: The Act of Creativity Setting the Stage for Her Future: Rachel Hollon

By Vicki Marsh Kabat By Dr. Stan Denman, Interim Chair of the Department of Theater Arts

ach day across the nation televisions are Baylor among the top 25 such programs in the n her dramatic portrayal of Maggie in The “I have learned so much about collaboration, turned on, films roll, and theaters fill. nation,” Dr. Denman said. Additionally, Baylor’s Shadow Box last spring, Baylor graduate creative expression, self-discipline, and analytical EThis mixture of media and performing program is ranked first in Texas, the Big XII, and IRachel Hollon brought tears to the eyes of thinking,” she said. “The faculty has been very arts entertains, informs, motivates, provokes, and the Southwest, and is the only Christian institu- audiences each night. This young actress nurturing. I gained a sense of self-awareness and inspires. It is a pervasive reality of modern soci- tion recognized in these rankings. In 1996, the poignantly portrayed the agony of a woman as learned to discover my own voice as an artist. ety. department also received accreditation from the she helplessly raged against the cancer ravaging National Association of Schools of Theater. her husband’s body: “We give up too easy!” her The theater arts department works to provide stage character cried. “We don’t fight hard students with a well-rounded education through enough!” the University’s liberal arts curriculum. “It is The same cannot be said of Rachel. During important that the arts on our campus become a her time as a performance major in the sort of ‘cultural laboratory’ for our students, Department of Theater Arts, she matured from a staff, and faculty,” Dr. Denman said. “Theater carefree freshman to a focused young adult, should be a place where many of the issues and intent upon her career choice. It was a process subjects discussed in any academic discipline nurtured and encouraged by her faculty mentors ‘take on life.’” in theater arts and the Baylor Interdisciplinary The theater department stages five to six main Core. productions each year, plus three to four smaller Larger universities will often let young stu- productions. The breadth of its presentations dents flounder and find themselves or not, as the includes drama, comedy, farce, and opera, with case may be. We try to nurture our students productions engaging from 30 to 100 students. more closely than that. Rachel set out to prove On stage and behind the scenes, students learn herself to me, to the other theater majors, to her- all aspects of technical theater and production, self. I am proud to say that she succeeded in including lighting, scenery and costume con- impressing all of us, and in the process she and I struction, properties, makeup, house manage- have gained a relationship that I am sure will ment, and publicity. evolve from mentor and pupil to colleagues of Within the Central Texas community, the mutual respect in the future. theater department’s student organization spon- Rachel will pursue her career as a professional sors activities such as benefit performances for actress following a year abroad as a Rotary local charities and lends its talent to public ser- International Ambassadorial Scholar, one of two Rachel Hollon in her role as Maggie with senior Lance Currie in The Shadow Box, presented in Dr. Stan Denman, honored as the 2000 Texas Education Theater Association’s University Teacher of the February 2001. vice announcements for local media. As well, Baylor students who won this prestigious award Year, reviews a scene with student Chrissy Huth. thousands attend the department’s productions last year. Having graduated in May, she began Even if this were not going to be my career, my “The impact of these media on society is of throughout the year. her studies toward a master of literature at St. life will be richer because of my experience in the utmost importance to the Department of “We have a great responsibility to be a leader Andrews University in Scotland this fall. theater. The theater does that.” Theater Arts at Baylor,” said Dr. Stan Denman, among cultural institutions in the area,” Dr. “Baylor has given me wonderfully personal, Rachel’s appreciation for the education she interim chair of the department. “The arts help Denman said. diverse relationships among both students and received at Baylor extends beyond her academic us broaden our horizons, examine ourselves and Those in the performing arts have the oppor- faculty in which not only to express my new and experience. She values the University’s Christian our convictions more deeply, celebrate life, and tunity to entertain but also to bring unique developing thoughts, but also gently to stretch perspective and how it interacts with the arts. learn to sympathize with one another.” expression to the truths and emotions that are them,” she said. “I know that Baylor has pre- “Baylor shows that you can be a moral person, Baylor’s program, long associated with excel- universal to all humanity. “We are particularly pared me as well, if not better, than the big the- a Christian person, and not withdraw from the lence, has made significant strides in national fortunate at Baylor to have a theater department ater schools of the Northeast. I’ve been to the world,” she said. “You can have standards and recognition in the past decade, a factor at least that is nationally recognized and at the same national auditions, I’ve seen the talent, and I still engage humanity in vital discussions about partially responsible for the sizable increase in its time is mindful of its Christian mission,” Dr. know we can compete.” difficult and relevant issues through perfor- enrollment, which has tripled since 1995. Denman said. “The opportunity to combine While at Baylor, Rachel played the lead in mance.” “Since 1996, The Gourman Report has ranked high-quality artistry with a Christian worldview several main stage productions, among them the undergraduate theater arts programs at is increasingly rare.” Collected Stories, Misalliance, and The Shadow Box. p20 collegium collegium p21

On the Shoulders of Giants*

By Erika Snoberger

Dr. Kenneth Q. Carlile graduated with a B.A. from Dr. David Hillis received his B.S. from Baylor in positions for Texaco and serves as chief geo- Kong Baptist University in June 2001 and will pursue another uni- Baylor in 1969 and earned a D.D.S. from Baylor College of 1980 before moving to the University of Kansas to obtain his M.A. physicist for the company’s Worldwide versity development project as chair of the Board of Trustees at the Dentistry in 1973. He received a B.A. and in 1983, M.Ph. in 1984, and Ph.D. in 1985. Exploration Group, also in Bellaire. “The sci- University of Macau. M.A. in geology from Centenary College and Named a 1999 MacArthur Fellow, a presti- entific method of analysis I learned at Baylor h a Ph.D. in geology from Baylor in 1996. Dr. gious honor awarded to exceptionally talented has proven to be the foundation of my profes- Carlile is co-chair of the Carlile Companies, and promising individuals, Dr. Hillis has done sional career,” he said. “Additionally, the per- Dr. Elbert B. Whorton, Jr. graduated from which include five subsidiaries, primarily deal- pioneering work in the study of evolution of spective gained from the liberal arts curricu- Baylor in 1962 with a B.S. in mathematics and physics. “I was ing in oil extraction. The companies employ biotic diversity. Some of his areas of interest lum has prepared me for a career in the busi- always a math major; I never switched,” he nearly 400 people in the oil and gas industries. include phylogenetic relationships, speciation ness world, deepening a lifelong interest in said. “The physics came about since I lacked “We work closely with Baylor geology,” he patterns and mechanisms, molecular evolution, learning.” the necessary German credits to graduate in said. “The department is an excellent one, the and the consequences of hybridization and h four years. I enjoyed the applied math and professors are especially gifted, and we have hybrid zones. He is the director of the School of Biological also had one remaining year of football eligi- hired many graduates from Baylor.” Dr. Carlile also is vice-chair of Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Dr. Matthew S. Stanford received Baylor’s bility so I returned for the fifth year of ‘foot- the Baylor Foundation’s Endowment Board and a member of the Texas at Austin. “One of the big drawing cards for me about first Ph.D. in neuroscience in 1992. He completed a postdoctoral ball, physics, and German.’” Instead of taking Baylor College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board and the Baylor Baylor was the chance to interact directly with faculty and do fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch before taking an offer to play for the New York Jets upon Geology Advisory Board. He resides in Marshall, Texas, where he research as an undergraduate,” he said. a faculty position at the University of New Orleans, where he graduation, Dr. Whorton attended Tulane has served as president of the Chamber of Commerce. h chairs the psychology department as an asso- University, where he received an M.S. in 1964. h ciate professor. Dr. Stanford has conducted He then earned a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Dr. Bonnie K. Ray graduated summa cum laude with a extensive research on the biological basis of Whorton has held numerous teaching and professional posts and is Dr. Chung Chi Chou received his Ph.D. in physi- B.S. in mathematics from Baylor in 1985. “I was never made to feel impulsive and aggressive behavior, and he a professor and biostatistician at the University of Texas Medical cal chemistry from Baylor in 1968. He worked for Domino Sugar that I could not succeed in mathematics because of my gender,” she continues to work with patients who suffer Branch. He also serves as director of the Molecular Epidemiology Corp. for 30 years in various capacities, including technical director said. “Instead, I was actively encouraged by my math professors to from this behavior. He is conducting a study Research Program in the Department of Preventive Medicine and in charge of sugar processing technology. pursue graduate studies.” Dr. Ray earned a Ph.D. in statistics from comparing the effectiveness of anticonvulsant Community Health. Recently, he established Dr. Chou Columbia University in 1991. She has worked for IBM as well as medications in the control of impulsive- h Technologies Inc., a research- and develop- several institutions of higher learning, includ- aggressive outbursts. “The research I do is ment-based laboratory in New Orleans. He ing Stanford University and the University of very applied,” he said. “We’ve seen hundreds Dr. Walter R. Wilson received his B.A. in chem- serves as a consultant for five sugar and sugar- Texas, and has been an associate professor in of people, and we try to help each one. But we can only help them istry from Baylor in 1963. After earning his M.D. and graduating related companies, including Sugar Processing the mathematics department at the New so much. Baylor has a fantastic mission in that if you can generate with honors from Baylor College of Medicine, he served as a Research Inc. “Coming from a completely Jersey Institute of Technology since 1997. more [scientists] who are very strong Christians, you’re going to member of the U.S. Navy in Morocco. Dr. different culture in Taiwan, I picked up my She soon will take a leave of absence to work transform science.” Wilson practices at Mayo Clinic in American culture during my three years at as a research staff member at IBM’s T.J. h Rochester, Minn., where he was honored Baylor,” Dr. Chou said. “[From that experi- Watson Research Center in Yorktown with Mayo’s Distinguished Physician Award ence,] I firmly believe hard work is essential for a successful profes- Heights, N.Y. “I hope that my work and my Dr. Daniel Tse received a B.S. in mathematics in 1960 in 2000. In addition, he has held several sional career and sharing your blessings is a key element for a happy life demonstrate that people with an interest and an M.S. in physics in 1962 from Baylor. He earned his Ph.D. positions on professional committees, includ- life.” His accolades also include past president of the international- in science and mathematics are not necessarily one-dimensional; in physics from Columbia University in 1965. ing the National Foundation of Infectious ly recognized Sugar Industry Technologists, past faculty positions at you can be a well-rounded person and still be a successful mathe- He spent three years as a researcher before Diseases and an American Heart Association several universities in China and the United States, and author of matician.” returning to his home in Hong Kong, where task force. “When I think about how I got to more than 40 original technical papers and two handbooks on sugar he taught physics at the then Hong Kong where I am, I realize Baylor was the seminal and sugar refining. h Baptist College. In 1971, Dr. Tse was named influence in my life,” he said. “The skills I learned at Baylor are h Dr. John P.Riola graduated summa cum laude from president of the college and, during a 30-year tools I use every day. All medicine really is, is dealing with people. Baylor in 1968 with a B.S. in physics and mathematics. He attend- tenure, has helped the school gain university Baylor taught me the importance of being honest and how to value ed graduate school at Rice University and received his M.A. in status and increased its annual budget by everyone’s contributions in life.” 1971 and Ph.D. in 1973. Dr. Riola joined Texaco in 1972 as a geo- $124.5 million. “Although physics has not physicist for Texaco’s Upstream Technology Organization in played a significant role in my career development, Baylor did, and Bellaire, Texas. He has held numerous technical and managerial the education I received from Baylor formed a firm base on which *Attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke, in 1676: “If I have seen I built my career,” he said. Dr. Tse retired as president of Hong further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” p22 collegium collegium p23

Student Profiles

Duet in Excellence: Jonathan and David Hastie

s they have for so many important switched at birth,” David said. by Dr. Richard Chewning, professor of man- events in their lives, identical twins When it came time to choose a college, the agement. A Jonathan and David Hastie shared the Hasties agreed on Baylor. “We wanted a school “Dr. Chewning’s business ethics class — spotlight at Baylor’s spring 2001 commencement that had a good academic program as well as a which was 95 percent ethics and 5 percent — honored as the first co-recipients of the strong music program,” Jonathan said. “Baylor’s business — challenged all of us to look at the University’s coveted Outstanding Student of the size, atmosphere, and Christian heritage were world in a different light,” David said. “It Year award. also attractive.” was upsetting in a good sense, making us “Jonathan and David Hastie exemplify what Both came to Baylor with a slew of scholar- examine the foundations of our thinking and Baylor is truly about,” said Dr. Wallace Daniel, ships to their credit, each garnering the National the presuppositions we hold throughout life dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, “being Merit Scholar award and Baylor’s top scholarship upon which we make decisions and through grounded in the liberal arts while for National Merit Finalists and Music Incentive which we view the world. Dr. Chewning has “The class had a lasting reaching out to other fields — in scholarships. In addition, Jonathan received the been a role model in my life, an example of a their case music, reaching out to Jerry Johnson Math Award and David received great Christian.” impression on me, and other people, developing a strong the Friends of Baylor Symphony scholarship. David added Greek to his academic trained me to understand sense of service, seeing all of life Both came to Baylor planning a medical career schedule and discovered a new passion. as connected. They are a duet in and both chose to participate in the challenging “The more I study Greek, the more I medicine in a more mean- excellence.” University Scholars Program. That, however, is study the Bible, I realize that’s what I want to ingful way than simply It was a fitting moment of clo- when their paths began to diverge. This fall spend my life doing,” he said. “That’s what I sure at Baylor for the two, who Jonathan, the elder brother by three minutes, have a passion for. I have a burning desire to treating disease.” first visited the campus as young- pursued his dream of a medical career and began incorporate that scholarly aspect into becom- sters attending a summer music studies at the University of Texas Southwestern ing a pastor, studying the Bible, and then JONATHAN HASTIE camp. From that junior high Medical School in Dallas. David, however, teaching it to others.” interact with professors through small semi- adventure to their walk across the found a new direction during his studies at The Hasties also took advantage of the many nar-type classes, talking with them about all stage at the Ferrell Center in May, the Hasties Baylor and began postgraduate work at extracurricular activities offered at Baylor. kinds of subjects after class, and even having have left a trail of academic, service, and musical Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia this fall. Jonathan served as president of Alpha Epsilon professors invite the class over for dinner.” accomplishments as broad as their ready smiles. It will be the first time the two have been sepa- Delta, the medical honor society, was a member Jonathan gives Baylor high marks for fos- They qualified for prestigious Baylor Regents rated for any significant length of time since of Mortar Board and the Honors Program stu- tering an environment amenable to discovery. Scholarships, participated in the Honors their birth. dent advisory council, and spent a summer “There is a great diversity here, in that you working in a mission Program as University Scholars majors, posted Jonathan’s undergraduate preparation for can find several peo- David, top left, and Jonathan first 4.0 GPAs, became members of Phi Beta Kappa medicine was atypical in that he chose an inter- hospital in Cameroon. “I have a burning desire to ple who have similar came to Baylor to a summer music society, and continued their love of musical per- disciplinary degree plan well-represented by David was a member of interests and are pur- camp. As undergraduates, they per- formance through appearances with the Baylor courses in the humanities. One of Jonathan’s Alpha Chi national incorporate that suing the same goals formed regularly with the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan on vio- Symphony. In addition, Jonathan was chosen as mentors was Dr. Kay Toombs, retired associate honor society and spent you are,” Jonathan lin and David on cello. the Outstanding Senior from the College of Arts professor of philosophy, whose class on “Literary two summers on mission scholarly aspect into said. “Yet there is the and Sciences in fall 2000. and Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine” is trips to Haiti and becoming a pastor, option to meet people “It was a nice way to go out,” David said of popular with aspiring health care professionals. Trinidad, supervising with different interests the Outstanding Student of the Year Award. “It “The class had a lasting impression on me teenagers in various studying the Bible, and you would not have the was a great honor. I know there are so many and trained me to understand medicine in a building and humanitar- then teaching it chance to interact with other outstanding students and people who’d be more meaningful way than simply treating dis- ian projects. Both in the working world. qualified to receive the award.” His brother ease,” Jonathan said. “Its purpose is to encourage brothers were involved to others.” I’ve met people here agreed: “It was a surprise and an honor. It made students to recognize that there’s a difference in with Reformed from all different back- leaving Baylor more memorable,” Jonathan said. perspective between doctors and patients, and University Fellowship, DAVID HASTIE grounds, and that’s been Everything about these Kilgore, Texas, natives that in order for doctors to treat patients effec- the Presbyterian student a broadening experience. is striking: their academic ability, their musician- tively, they must understand illness from the group at Baylor. “There’s so much education that happens out- ship ( Jonathan in violin and David in cello), patients’ perspectives.” “One of the things I’ve enjoyed most is the side the classroom — a poetry reading, a chem- their 6-foot-3-inch height, their genuine humili- David’s academic exploration led him away opportunity Baylor affords its students to get to istry lecture — and there’s a great chance to edu- ty, and the fact they are so identical it’s a chal- from medicine. He took 27 hours of mathemat- know their professors, and to have more interac- cate yourself in areas outside your areas of spe- lenge to tell them apart. ics courses out of a pure love for the subject, then tion with them than you would in a larger cialty.”— Randy Fiedler “Our parents tease us that we may have been found his way into a business ethics class taught school,” David said. “I’ve appreciated getting to p24 collegium collegium p25

Emily Moore Kenton

Emily Moore Kenton had been identified as National Merit Finalists, Kenton came to Baylor Part of Madrazo’s experience at Baylor was ber of Phi Beta Kappa and was active in several “gifted” throughout her elementary and high from Corning, N.Y., and enrolled in the acade- helping junior high and high school youth in the honor societies while at Baylor. He was named school years. As she began to focus in her mically challenging Honors and University Waco community grow in their faith. He partic- Outstanding Foreign Language Student in 2000, junior year at Baylor on her Honors thesis, she Scholars Programs. She also served on the advi- ipated in the Boys-to-Men Mentoring Program was a member of Student Congress, and is listed chose to explore what that meant for freshman sory board for the Honors Program and was vice offered through his church, Greater New Life in Who’s Who in American Colleges and and senior Baylor women and whether it had president and rush chair for Zeta Tau Alpha Missionary Baptist. He taught literacy and Universities. He served twice as president of Phi any correlation to one’s perception of success. sorority. character building classes, often to boys who Kappa Chi fraternity. “Ninety-seven percent of Kenton, who followed her were fatherless and sometimes involved in gang Madrazo also speaks Spanish, French, and is those I surveyed who were “We are all parents and older brother to activity. learning Russian, a language that served him preparing to leave Baylor (as Baylor, had no idea what her “How do you teach character in such a way well during six weeks in the Ukraine as a mis- seniors) felt they had been suc- interconnected” field of study would be. She was that young men apply it to their lives?” Madrazo sionary this summer. He returned to Baylor this cessful, and it was because of excited, though, about the vari- asked. “I found that the only way to do it credi- fall to begin his master’s in English. what they experienced here,” said Kenton, who ety of disciplines available for her to explore. bly was to conduct myself “I would love to come graduated in May as a University Scholar with a “I would be taking three or four classes in with integrity at all times “They believe that back to Baylor one of these 4.0 GPA. Before she left Baylor last spring, she very different departments and suddenly realize with the boys. I learned how days [as a professor],” drafted a letter for future incoming freshman they were all interconnected,” she said. “I think important your own charac- Madrazo said. “I see a lot of women in the Honors Program that’s a larger truth as well — that it’s all about ter is to anything you try to teaching is a call- these professors who are retir- in which she expounded on her relationships and that we’re all interconnected.” accomplish.” ing, moving, and pursuing thesis research and gave insights Baylor faculty members helped her on this As Madrazo helped ing, not just a job” other things, and I would “Have you gone by the offices of your on how to benefit fully from the path of self discovery. One of them was Dr. younger students, he was want to supply for a new gen- professors and introduced yourself yet? Baylor experience (see excerpt at Lane Collins, professor of accounting and The being mentored by some of eration of students what these left). Price Waterhouse Faculty Fellow for Teaching his favorite professors at Baylor — Professor professors gave to me . . . being compassionate . . . They truly want you to come to see “I think you can find balance Excellence. She took two accounting classes he Ann Miller, Master Teacher of English; Dr. toward students and loving what they do.” them, whether you have a concern about at Baylor, and it was important taught “for the heck of it,” and he turned out to James Vardaman, Master Teacher and professor Madrazo’s four years at Baylor have been class, need to ask a simple question, or for me to show others that it is be her favorite professor. of history before his retirement in 2000; and Dr. important to him, not only in his education but just want to say hello. Establish this con- possible to have a strong acad- “I got to know him outside of class, and I Tom Hanks, professor of English. in his faith. tact now and the rewards will be abun- emic life and a social ground- would often stop by his office just to talk,” she “Their approach to learning is that teaching is “I am more aware of what God has done in dant. ...According to all that is written, ing,” she said. “This project said. sharing, this is worth knowing, so let’s all partake my life and how He is going to continue to work they are here to teach you economics, or helped me gain an under- Dr. Susan Johnsen, associate professor of of it,” he said. “The professors I admire most in my life, how He has had me here to trust math, or religion; the truth is, however, standing of who I am, where educational psychology and associate dean for believe that teaching is a calling, not just a job. Him and to really think.”— Laura Cadena that these are also the people who will I came from, and why, as a scholarship and professional development in the They love what they do.” gifted woman, I feel the way School of Education, also affected Kenton’s life. Madrazo, who earned a 4.0 GPA, is a mem- teach you about life. Do not wait any I do. It really expanded my “Dr. Johnsen didn’t know me at all, but she longer. Go knock on a door, and I can mind, and I realized there was very willing to serve as my senior thesis promise you that more will be opened ” are so many ways to look at mentor,” Kenton said. Ganesha Martin than you thought possible. things. There is never a Baylor’s best aspects, Kenton said, are the straight path.” encouragement from and friendships with facul- When Ganesha Martin needed financial help forth effort, they were always there to support — Excerpt from letter Kenton Her own experiences ty members. to participate in a student exchange program me. And that genuine family atmosphere goes wrote to first-year Honors women as a bear out her research. “They challenge you as much as professors at abroad, she turned to friends. It wasn’t her peers from the top to the bottom. I had a friend who result of her thesis research Recipient of the prestigious the so-called ‘elite’ schools,” Kenton said, “but it from school or even acquaintances of her parents was a janitor at Baylor and I always called her National Merit Scholar is so neat also to be invited to their homes for whose help she sought, though. She turned to ‘mom,’ and I also had lunch and dinner several award and of Baylor’s top scholarship for dinner or a study session.”— Julie Carlson Baylor faculty and administrators. times with Dr. and Mrs. Sloan.” “When I needed help to go to Japan, Dr. Martin discovered that family-like concern Michael Bishop (professor of journalism) sug- her first day on the Baylor campus. Originally Tito Madrazo gested I talk to Dr. [Herbert] Reynolds [presi- intending to play basketball at an Ivy League Tito Madrazo, a May graduate in the community that inspired him. dent emeritus],” Martin said. “I spoke with Dr. school, she instead enrolled at Baylor at her University Scholars Program, was born in “I love the Baylor community,” said Madrazo, Reynolds for an hour or two, and by the end of mother’s suggestion. But Martin, who was a Venezuela, where his family had migrated from who plans to get his master’s in English litera- the conversation I had funds to travel to Japan.” journalism/Asian studies major with a business Spain a generation earlier. His father, a petrole- ture and hopes to return to Baylor as a professor. Martin spent a year as a Baylor exchange stu- minor, wasn’t sure how she would like the um engineer with Gulf Oil, was transferred to “I just enjoy this time in young people’s lives and dent at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka. University. the Houston area when Tito was 1 year old. watching them grow in their faith and fulfill The Duncanville, Texas, native said she found “I really thought I would transfer to another The youngest in his family, Tito followed his whatever God has for them as a result of their that kind of advocacy the norm at Baylor. school after my first semester,” she said. “But two older sisters to Baylor, where he found a experience here at Baylor.” “Whenever faculty and staff saw me putting my first day on campus I met Dr. Bishop, and p26 collegium collegium p27

from there on I felt like I was a member of the scenery. It was there I realized that I only have ences were Dr. David Uber, professor and direc- formed him, they transformed his grandfather as journalism family. He immediately found me a one life to enjoy. So when I came back to tor of French, Italian, and Chinese, and Dr. D.E. well. The childhood stories Migura heard grow- position on the Lariat (Baylor’s student newspa- Baylor, I felt I owed it to myself not only to have Mungello, professor of history and former direc- ing up now have a different ending, one in which per), and I became a student worker in the jour- good grades but also the joy of friendship and tor of the Asian Studies Program. Dr. Uber the grandfather expresses gratitude for how the nalism department. After he put that much camaraderie. I would say that year in Japan was helped Migura for “endless hours” with his Japanese embraced and encouraged his grandson. effort into seeing that I liked Baylor, there was one of the best experiences in my life.” essays, and Dr. Mungello “went out of his way” “My grandfather and I are very close, but he no way I could leave.” Martin looked at several law schools before to help arrange Migura’s second year in Japan. lost friends who were killed at the hands of During her first years at the University, deciding to attend Texas Tech University this In August, Migura began study at the Japanese so he had strong animosity toward Martin became involved in a number of other fall. And once again she turned to a friend for University of Texas Health Science Center in them,” Migura said. “I had to convince him that activities but spent the majority guidance. Houston. He will specialize in pediatric surgery, their society had changed and it wasn’t as he of her freshman and sophomore “A genuine family “I called Dr. Bishop to ask an interest that was nurtured during an informal remembered it. Now he is grateful for how years studying in the library. his advice,” she said. “He guid- internship he had with a physician in Fukuoka. they’ve treated me.”— Vicki Marsh Kabat And while her grades soared, atmosphere...” ed me through my four years at Migura’s experiences in Japan not only trans- earning her membership in Phi Baylor, and he never steered me Beta Kappa, her personal life wrong. He has always been suffered. It took her nine months in Japan to there for me. In fact, if I were to give incoming Adrian Olivares rediscover herself and find balance in her life. freshmen some advice, I would say to visit your “I felt I had to sacrifice a social life in order to professors’ offices; they are great places to find Adrian Olivares is a modern-day Renaissance here, Olivares conducted research on the devel- maintain my grades, but I wasn’t very happy friends.”— Julie Carlson man. Academic, world traveler, medical opment of new tumor-specific vascular targeting because I wasn’t being myself,” she said. “When researcher, musician, and improvisational come- agents for cancer chemotherapy. I went to Japan, I tried to make friends, learn dian, he has skipped across the continents and “He has a wonderful combination of a well- about the culture, and just enjoy the beautiful delved into the microcosms of cancer research. developed analytical thought process coupled Born in the Rio Grande Valley, Olivares with a sense of creativity; both bode well for his moved often. His father’s work as a chemical success in future research opportunities,” Dr. engineer took the family to Saudi Arabia, South Pinney said. Anthony Migura Korea, Malaysia, and Kuwait. That upbringing That creativity also found expression outside gave him an appreciation for various cultures the research lab. He learned to play guitar, Growing up in the small town of Yorktown, Professor Kathryn Mueller, senior lecturer in and a working knowledge of five languages. acoustic and electric, and in his senior year Texas, not far from San Antonio, Anthony sociology. Professor Mueller also hails from Getting comfortable in one place, however, joined an improvisational comedy group called Migura always dreamed of traveling and study- Yorktown, and her participation in the Baylor wasn’t easy, until he came “Guerrilla Troupe,” which ing abroad. As a child, he also listened to his professor exchange program at Seinan Gakuin to Baylor. “So many things work performed at local coffee- grandfather’s stories about World War II, and whetted Anthony’s interest in the country. “This really is the houses. Japan was probably the last place he thought “I would never have gone to Japan if not for longest I’ve been in one together naturally . . .” “I’ve tried to keep myself he’d visit — not once, but twice. her,” he said. “She’s been my Baylor mom here. place,” Olivares said. “I sane,” he said. “I try not to “It changed my life,” Any time I needed advice, she found a niche and was immerse myself totally and Migura said of his first year in “It changed my life was there for me.” able to explore personal relationships a little bit completely in academics alone.” Japan, where he studied at “Anthony was such an excel- more.” An extracurricular activity of particular inter- Seinan Gakuin University in . . . I felt anything lent representative from Baylor A biochemistry major at Baylor, he began est to Olivares while at Baylor was the Model Fukuoka as part of a Baylor to Japan,” Professor Mueller Yale University’s molecular biophysics and bio- United Nations Team, which he participated in student exchange program. was possible” said. “He is inquisitive and chemistry program this fall. He credits Dr. for four years. He was named a Best Delegate “Their society is very holistic, thoughtful; he sees the patterns Kevin Pinney, associate professor of chemistry for his committee during his junior year. culturally more intact. I love and connections. As a faculty and director of Baylor’s Center for Drug For this young man of many travels and tal- how their society pulls together, the respect they mentor, to see a student grow and mature and Discovery, for fueling his interest in research. ents, Baylor became a peaceful second home — have for one another, the purity of their friend- become globally aware as Anthony has, is so “It wasn’t until I got into research that I real- a place where he was comfortable enough to ships. It was just more of a match with my rewarding.” ized so many things work together naturally,” grow. ideals.” After spending his junior year back at Baylor, Olivares said. “Looking at chemicals found in “It’s a beautiful campus with some really great That sophomore year was full of firsts for Migura returned to Japan to attend Waseda plants and sponges and seeing how they can people, as well as diversity of thought and social Migura — his first plane flight, first time to University in Tokyo as a senior on a National affect cancer in the human body fascinate me. interaction,” he said. “Quiet walks around cam- water and snow ski, and first time to hike. Security Education Program grant. That connection has been a big revelation to pus have been so valuable. Sometimes you just “While I was there, I felt anything was possible. “It is where all the prime ministers and gov- me.” need smaller classrooms and those quiet times. It was a whole new experience for me each day,” ernment officials graduate from, so I definitely Olivares was assisted at Baylor through the For me, I needed these four years to grow up, he said. wanted to go there,” he said. Achievement Baylor Scholarship, the I.I. and basically, and I would not have done so had Migura’s fascination with Japan began with Other Baylor faculty members who helped Berna Ash Reeves Memorial Scholarship, and there been too many distractions.”— LoAna the encouragement of his Baylor mentor, Migura with his international education experi- the Pearl Kirk Memorial Scholarship. While Lopez p28 collegium collegium p29 “Dear Professor...” Years after they leave campus, the conversation between former students and professors continues Allison Harvey

Muna Hamzeh had traveled to Baylor not just acknowledge them and make claims but University from Palestine to share her story of to really evaluate. He has always been there to refugee camps and military checkpoints with the help, giving me confidence in myself and in my students in Dr. Marc Ellis’ class, “Hitler and the ability,” said Harvey, who hopes to work for Holocaust.” As Hamzeh told her gripping tale Amnesty International or the United Nations. of oppression and injustice, her words had a “Allison is an outstanding student,” Dr. powerful effect on one young student in the Gvosdev said. “She wants to see the idealism class. contained in political philosophy transformed Dear Dr. Vardaman, Allison Harvey, who graduated magna cum into actual structures to ensure fairness and I am writing to you to clear my conscience. It has been a few years since I attended laude in May as an Honors student, felt the equity for all human beings.” Baylor University and more still since I was a student’s inThe your Mill Western on the Floss. Civilization class. It pieces of her education fall into place as she lis- Upon receiving her B.A. in political science ’t read but was during this class that you assigned George Eliot tened to Hamzeh’s personal account of the and minor in religion and politics, Harvey On the day we were to discuss the book I came woefully unprepared. I hadn Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For Harvey, it crys- interned this summer with the American the first chapter. You began the discussion by posing a question to the class and when you tallized her plans for the future. Political Science Association in Washington, came to me, I made some sophomoric (I was a sophomore) response to which it must have “My experience in the international law, D.C. She also attended a weeklong conference ’t read the book. Thankfully, you let me off the hook.’t had seemed all the more clear that I hadn international human rights, and focusing on the First I remember one other classmate who, in response –to silently your question, – made saida promise that he to hadn read the ‘Hitler and Holocaust’ classes, Amendment, sponsored by the “He inspired me to time to read the book but he promised to. I, too and the research for my thesis, Institute for Humane Studies. book. have created in me a strong This fall, Harvey is a mem- question things . . .” It has been a promise that has haunted me every six months or so. Every time I would desire to work to end apartheid ber of the inaugural class in the go into a bookstore to check out the latest offerings, that title entered my mind. But I was in Israel/Palestine,” said the master of human rights degree always able to ignore it. That is until recently, when traveling through New Zealand, I Odessa, Texas, native, whose honors thesis was program at the prestigious London School of The Mill on the entered a local bookstore wanting something to read on the long train rides through the “Power and Reason: The Nuremberg War Economics and Political Science. It will be an country. Wouldn ’t you know that there in the 50 percent off section was Crimes Trial of 1945-46.” excellent next step for her, Dr. Gvosdev said. “It Floss. I took it as a sign from God. So in a few short days, with the New Zealand country- During her time at Baylor, Harvey researched will enable her to study with some of the best ’t side as a background, I read it. multiethnic conflict on her own and in class. professors in political science and international “What did you learn from this book that you didn Your question that day was this: She served on the Baylor Model United Nations affairs, not only in Europe, but in the world,” he already know?” Though my answer may be different now with more life experience to tip team and won an Outstanding Delegate Award said. the scale, it is this: ’s are far removed from my time, we at the Harvard University national conference. A Provost’s Scholarship recipient, Harvey I realize that though Maggie and Tom and St. Ogg Dear Devin, Harvey also was part of the team that won an participated in many extracurricular activities human beings seem to have our lives governed by the same universal themes. Whether this It was a joy to read your letter . . . . If Outstanding Award at the New York national while at Baylor. She had leadership positions is God’s fault for not providing enough variety or it is by some facet of our institutions you are a bit brash then so be it. If you are conference in spring 1999. She served on the with Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor which mass produce a like mindset I do not know. I do know that the strains and pressures more prepared and inclined to challenge International Court of Justice at the University society, Sigma Iota Rho international studies ’t the way the Tom and Maggie felt are not so removed from my own. Do I not try and play the dutiful any of my raw prejudices and ideas, then I of Pennsylvania’s U.N. contest. In addition to honor society, and Pi Beta Phi national fraterni- son? Aren’t we today still coming to grips with gender roles in society? Isn won’t feel that I have been a total failure in her Model U.N. activities, Harvey conducted ty. She also was named to Mortar Board and town had pity for Phillip because of his deformity the same pity and inferiority we feel the classroom. research on the Algerian crisis as a part of Dr. Phi Beta Kappa and was selected Outstanding toward the handicapped? I see a little reflection of myself in these characters. But I do I am very glad that you have now read William Mitchell’s “Ethno-Political Conflicts” Senior in political science this past spring. hope that I am more loving, more forgiving, and more flexible than they are. Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss. Your punish- class. She independently conducted research on Because of her interest in political science Luckily, by putting my answer in writing, I will not have to endure the professor-student ment for waiting so long is to read her genocide and ethnic cleansing through Baylor’s and religion, she took advantage of the variety response of the classroom. But maybe lucky for you, too, for I am much more confident other masterpiece, Middlemarch. Perhaps J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies. of denominational experiences in Waco by visit- and cocky now, and could probably give you a run for your money! then the matter is not closed? The deci- Harvey credits Baylor faculty and staff, ing several churches. With this answer, sir, I consider the matter closed. sion is of course (as it has always been) Elizabeth Vardaman, Tiffany Olson, and Dr. “So many conflicts today arise from religious yours totally. Nikolas Gvosdev for helping her explore her differences, and I realized that we need to Sincerely, interests. understand these before we can bring an end to Devin York (B.B.A., 1994) Sincerely, “My honors adviser, Dr. Gvosdev, inspired the violence,” she said. — Laura Cadena Jim Vardaman me to question things that happen in this world, p30 collegium collegium p31

DearI’ve been intendingDr. to Kearney, write you a note for a while now Dear Dr. Jimenez, You may not remember me, but I could never forget you. to thank you for the impact you had on me while I was Four years ago I took a class of yours, and since then I have your student at Baylor. My wife, Lori, and I are both first held you in the highest esteem. I purposely let several years Dear Dr. Harvey, year medical students at the UT medical school in San Thank you again for helping me give myself one of the go by before writing to you because I wanted to confirm Antonio. I have enjoyed success in my virology and bio- most valuable skills I’ve ever learned — the rudiments of Dear Dr. Bowery, something you once told me. I recall saying to you back I have been spending a lot of time considering my chemistry classes as a direct result of the foundation I the Russian language. then that I was about to graduate and that I still did not feel options for grad school, and have heard back from some received in your two classes at Baylor. Looking back, I feel As you know, over the past 10 years (really, it HAS been ready to teach Spanish. Your response to me was in the programs, but not others. I thought this process would be that I remember more from your classes than I do from any that long), I’ve used my Russian for a variety of tasks from form of a proverb: “You learn by doing.” What you said a lot more consolidated than it has been! other classes that I took while at Baylor. I attribute this to communicating on the streets of Moscow to translating the has come true. Even though I still have a lot to learn, I These decisions I’ve been facing recently are weightier; your own passion for the subjects you teach, and to your odd business letter. Most recently, I’ve been using it know now that being a Spanish teacher is my life’s work. they dredge up all these ethical debates for me . . . should I straightforward teaching and testing methods. Finally, I increasingly in my work here for Schlumberger. With the There is only one thing I regret not having done during focus my work more empirically? Does attacking the “cul- really appreciated knowing that you were a Christian as you assistance of one of our comrades in the Moscow office, I my years at Baylor. I should have taken more courses with tural symbolic” mean anything to anyone? Can I actually taught me. put an entire sales presentation into Cyrillic . . . and at the you. I learned much more in one semester with you as my effect change at any level? But then I think about the moment, I’m helping with the verification of the text of a teacher than I did in many of my other classes. teachers I’ve had, especially you, who demonstrated that John Birbari safety video that has been dubbed for use in Russia. It is of little importance if you do not remember me. working for change can mean more than ‘fixing’ the injus- (B.A. Biology, Pre-Health Care Concentration, 1999) Every time I open the Russian dictionary, which now has Rest assured that the work you do has great significance for tices in the physical world . . . as important as it is to a permanent place on the bookshelf in my office, I think of your students. I am certain that many feel that way. address these things, it’s also important to think about it, h you. Thanks again for all of your hard work and patience. write about it, disseminate information about it, even if it At some point, I hope to continue my Russian studies. In Respectfully and with cherished memories, necessitates a lag time for the trickle-down effect to take Leroy Vigil (B.S. Education, 1998) the immediate future, however, I am about to enter law place. And rest assured that those seeds of ideas you’ve school here in Houston at the South Texas College of Law. been planting — to borrow from a bit of the Baylor prose- h STCL has a program assisting some of the former Eastern lytizing rhetoric — in all your students will alter the envi- Dear Dr. Jensen, Bloc countries in restructuring their legal systems. I may be ronment for good sooner or later (well, mostly, minus some Since graduating in May, I have had intentions of telling polishing up my skills sooner than I think! of the more nihilistic Nietzschean teachings . . . hehee). my professors how grateful I am for their roles in my edu- I’m still playing the ‘wait and see’ game, but am very cation and my life. I regret that it has taken me so long to Susan Stewart excited about the prospects. Thanks so much for all your write this letter, but please know the delay doesn’t decrease (B.A. History, 1986) help, support, and advice throughout this process . . . it the sincere gratitude with which I write it. Dear Dr. Bowen, I just wanted to write and let you know how much I Thank you for sharing your wisdom, kindness, and really means a lot to me. I wanted to let you know that appreciate all that you and Mrs. Hadley have done for our friendship with me. Know that I am conscious of a great you were a big influence on the direction of my academic department. You have done an amazing job thus far, and I debt to you and that your influence on my life has been pursuits and, incidentally, my life’s course . . . . I’m grateful know there’s more to come. I’ll be the first to tell you that Our corresponding great. Fortunately, the media of your inspiration — visual I had the opportunity to study with you, as you helped me all of your hard work does not go unnoticed! faculty members: images — are ones I’ll encounter throughout my life. Thus bridge the gap between my interest in gender studies and Another thing that has made you so special to all of us is I’ll be able to recall often those who have introduced me to Dr. James Vardaman, Professor Emeritus of History philosophical theory, and demonstrated clearly the power the personal relationships that have developed. Not only do so much that I love. Dr. Anne-Marie Bowery, Associate Professor of Philosophy of an intelligent woman. Thanks. you recognize my “style” and tastes, but you have gotten to Life in Bangkok is at its best yet. Teaching is definitely know me and taken an interest in who I am and what I do. Dr. Christopher Kearney, Associate Professor of Biology Edi Kinney a challenge, and I’m looking forward to doing something And I’m not sure if I’m even supposed to be saying this Dr. William Jensen, Professor of Art History (B.A. Sociology and Philosophy, 1999) else soon — I’m thinking about reapplying at the about a professor, but you have become my friend. I will Metropolitan. Dr. Julio Jiménez, Professor of Spanish surely remember all you have done for me and I know I’ll I sincerely hope that we can keep in touch, and I hope I h stay in touch. Thank you, Dr. Bowen, for your dedication. Dr. Adair Bowen, Assistant Professor of Family and can call on you when I need some advice about my future Consumer Sciences plans in art history. Em Braden Ms. Rebecca Hadley, Lecturer in Family and Consumer (B.S. Family & Consumer Sciences, 1999) Sciences Sarah Buchwald (B.A. Art History, 2000) Dr. Frauke Harvey, Professor and Director of German, h Russian, and Japanese p32 collegium collegium p33

Always..., continued from page 15 Learning..., was outside my primary field, which was The Swints have been invited to continued from page 13 engineering, I considered a plus.” Christmas parties and dinners at Dr. Hyde’s close call, for Beau was one of three “They’re fun to be around and of course, house. They’ve watched their professor’s regional Rhodes finalists, of whom two they’re so smart that you can point them in daughter, Callie, 8, grow up before their were named Rhodes Scholars. Beau a direction and know that you don’t have to eyes. And when Lorin married Chris was not to be among Texas’ two worry about fighting the battle of trying to Matthews in 1994, the Hydes were special Rhodes Scholars for 2001. Going explain what you’re doing or why you’re guests at the Swints’ farm in East Texas. About the College through disappointments with Beau doing it,” Dr. Hyde said. Now that she’s in the classroom as a lec- was as much a testimony to me of his Ethan spent summer 2000 setting up turer, Lorin might be the one most appre- character as was helping him attempt diagnostic systems at Dr. Hyde’s CASPER ciative of the relationships she has devel- to achieve goals. Beau took each loss lab. But pursuits outside of the classroom oped with Dr. Hyde and other Baylor facul- with more dignity and aplomb than have led to many conversations between the ty members, such as chemistry professor and aylor University was founded as a result of one might expect in a man of his young the efforts of the Education Society of the two. Master Teacher David Pennington, math B age. Union Baptist Association and was chartered in “Anytime I go into Dr. Hyde’s office to professor Ray Cannon, and physics profes- At a brilliant oral defense of his the- 1845 by the Republic of Texas. The liberal arts talk about a project that we have going on at sor Greg Benesh. sis on the “Education of the Statesman and sciences have always filled a vital role in the that moment, we invariably talk about “I see students in my office quite a bit, from Plato to Augustine,” Beau won vision for the University; in 1919 the College of something else because his background and and they do the same thing,” Lorin said. the admiration of his outside reader, Arts and Sciences was formally organized with his knowledge are just amazing in all sorts “They talk about problems and what they’re Texas Sen. David Sibley. He not only 18 departments that offered more than 300 of areas, not just physics alone,” Ethan said. going to do for the summer, what they’re found Beau’s thesis compelling but courses. “He has a plane, he’s a ‘hammer’ with his going to do for research.” called attention to his insightful articu- Since then, the College has grown to meet own amateur radio. With him, it’s that kind Ethan is one of her students, and the lation of the need for moral fortitude in the needs of students. Through the 27 academic of the Baylor experience where you have a bond is the same. those who govern. Beau’s examining departments, the College offers a variety of small student-to-faculty ratio and good rela- “I’m glad it’s not a large class,” Ethan committee voted a unanimous coursework and learning experiences. In fall tionships with professors. In this case it interjects with a smile, “so I don’t have to “Outstanding” on his thesis. 2001, approximately 6,200 students are studying goes a little bit beyond that.” call her ‘Dr. Matthews.’” Where do I fit in to all this? Like for degrees conferred by the College. Most stu- dents of the University take courses within the any coach from the sidelines — and I College as part of their degree requirements. have been but one of many coaches during Beau’s days at Baylor — I’ve ‘Phenomenol’..., continued from page 17 merely had the joy and pleasure of President Chemistry and Biochemistry Mathematics “Being on camera is similar to being in physical body with the illness. The science watching Beau go out and do the Dr. Robert B. Sloan, Jr. Dr. Marianna A. Busch Dr. Edwin P. Oxford front of a class — stimulating and fun, but classes give us a foundation for the physical seemingly impossible. He has worked Provost Church-State Modern Foreign Languages very tiring. After two days I was quite aspects of disease. ‘Philosophy and for the City of Waco and for Baylor. Dr. Donald D. Schmeltekopf Dr. Derek Davis Dr. Manuel J. Ortuño exhausted, but I now have a much greater Medicine’ gave the perspective of the person He has been an Honors student and a Classics Museum Studies Dean of the College appreciation of the amount of work that who actually will have the consequences of University Scholar. I have made a sug- Dr. R. Alden Smith Professor Calvin B. Smith Dr. Wallace L. Daniel goes into filming a TV documentary,” she those biological actions we learned about,” gestion here or there, given an affirm- Communication Sciences and Disorders Philosophy Associate Dean for Humanities said. “This was a great way to finish my he said. ing nod, a smile and, every once in a Dr. Kathy A. Whipple Dr. Robert M. Baird Dr. Frieda H. Blackwell teaching career at Baylor.” Dr. Toombs hopes the series will provoke while, offered a word or two of encour- Communication Studies Physics Associate Dean for Sciences Although the spring term had ended, 10 reflection about the manner in which people agement. Beau has adopted all of the Dr. Michael F. Korpi Dr. Darden Powers Dr. Benjamin A. Pierce of Dr. Toombs’ former students in experience illness and encourage all of us to virtues of Cicero, while paraleptically English Political Science Assistant Dean “Philosophy and Medicine” returned to pay attention to the stories told by individu- skipping over the vices. He has learned Dr. Maurice A. Hunt Dr. James A. Curry Professor Elizabeth Vardaman Baylor to re-create a class for the film crew. als who are ill. from Cicero how to write, speak, and Environmental Studies Psychology and Neuroscience Assistant Dean for Academics Muir also interviewed the students individu- “Illness stories are invaluable in sensitiz- react cleverly. From me, he has merely Dr. Susan P. Bratton Dr. Jim H. Patton Professor Tiffany A. Olson ally. All except one of the students were ing us to the human dimension of illness,” learned Cicero. Family and Consumer Sciences Religion pre-med majors when they took the class, she said. “Without such stories we cannot Departments and Chairs in the College Dr. Rita S. Purdy Dr. William H. Brackney yet few of them had thought about what it begin to understand what it is like for a par- Geology School of Social Work Dr. Alden Smith Aerospace Studies means to be ill before taking Dr. Toombs’ ticular person to suffer through certain life Dr. Thomas T. Goforth Dr. Diana R. Garland Chair and Associate Lt. Col. Jeffrey B. Bowles class. experiences. If we are unable to comprehend History Sociology and Anthropology Professor of Classics, Art Senior Josh Hamilton explained how the what causes suffering, we cannot hope to Dr. James M. SoRelle Dr. Charles M. Tolbert, II Director of University Professor John D. McClanahan course — and especially the patients’ stories alleviate it.” Honors Program Theater Arts Scholars Program Aviation Sciences — affected his views about illness. “Making Meaning” will air in Great Dr. Maxwell E. Shauck Professor Elizabeth Vardaman Dr. Stan Denman, interim chair “The course made me realize that I’ll be Britain this fall and will be scheduled for dis- Biology Journalism responsible for the whole person, not just the tribution outside Europe at a later date. Dr. W. Keith Hartberg Dr. Douglas R. Ferdon, Jr. p34 collegium collegium p35

sponsored by Department of Museum Studies. Community and Civic Welfare: A Study Based Faculty Publications The 30 presentations will result in the on Economic Census Microdata,” National Experience Module on the Spanish Colonial Science Foundation, $162,000. A Sample of Recent Faculty Publications, Exhibits, and Grants in the Period in the new Mayborn Museum Complex. White, Joseph D., Nicholas C. Coops, and College of Arts and Sciences Thurston, Tina L. Landscapes of Power, Neal A. Scott. “Estimates of New Zealand Landscapes of Conflict: State Formation in the Forest and Scrub Biomass from the 3-PG Adair, T.L. and C.M. Kearney. Endowment, Inc., $664,661. South Scandinavian Iron Age. New York: Kluwer Model.” Ecological Modeling 131 (August, 2000): “Recombination between a 3-kilobase Tobacco Hafertepe, Kenneth. “An Inquiry into Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001. 175-190. Mosaic Virus Transgene and a Homologous Thomas Jefferson’s Ideas of Beauty.” Journal of Tolbert, Charles M., II. Received grants on Wivagg, Dan. “We Teach Biology Viral Construct in the Restoration of Viral and the Society of Architectural Historians 59, no. 2 “The Division of Industrial Labor Across Time Backwards.” The American Biology Teacher 63, Nonviral Genes.” Archives of Virology 145 (2000): 216-231. (2000): 1867-1883. and Space: Elaboration and Extension of a no. 2 (February 2001): 82. Hanks, Tom. “Back to the Past: Editing Community Study,” U.S. Minerals Management Bateman, Robyn L. and Larry Lyon. “Losing Winningham, R.G. and C.A. Weaver. “The Malory’s Le Morte Darthur.” In Arthurian Services, $244,000; “Oil and Gas Involved Areas and Finding Community: The Quest for Effects of Pressure to Report More Details on Studies 47, The Malory Debate: Essays on the Texts Along the U.S. Gulf Coast: Evidence from Territorial Community from the Neighbourhood the Memories of Eyewitness Memory.” of Le Morte Darthur, ed. Bonnie Wheeler et al. Public Sources and Non-Public Population and to Cyberspace.” In Community Structure and European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 12 Cambridge: Brewer, 2000, 285-300. Economic Censuses,” U.S. Minerals Dynamics at the Dawn of the New Millennium, (2001): 271-82. Haschke, Bernadette and Janelle Walter. Management Services, $153,659; “Civic vol. 10 of Research in Community Sociology “Hand Washing Works,” Healthy Child Care 3, (2000). no. 2 (2000): 13-15. Bowen, Adair. “The Design of an Adult Day Hornik, Heidi and Mikeal Parsons (contribu- Other Notable Awards and Distinctions Care Center.” Innovative Teaching Ideas 2000. tors). Illuminating Luke: The Infancy Narrative Interior Design Educators Council; available in Italian Renaissance Painting. Dr. Phillip Johnson received the faculty award Dr. Stan Denman received the 2000 Texas from http://www.IDEC.org.; Internet. Westminister/John Knox Press, 2000. for outstanding teaching in the College at the Education Theater Association’s University Brackney, William H. “Secularization of the Hyde, Truell. Received grants from Summer spring 2001 commencement. Teacher of the Year Award. He also received the Academy: a Baptist Typology.” Westminster Research Experience for Teachers Program, Dr. Guillermo García-Corales received the playwriting award for “The Etiquette of Studies in Education 24, no. 2 (2001): 111-128. $136,264; 2000 School to Work Program, faculty award for outstanding research in the Mourning” from the International Christians in Davis, William V. “Persistence of Vision.” In $38,600; Summer Undergraduate Research College at the spring 2001 commencement. Theatre Arts Association. New Texas 2000, ed. Donna Walker-Nexon and Experience, $248,944; Continuum Educational Dr. Robert Packard received the 2001 Carr B. Professor Brian Elliott received the Aegis James Ward Lee, 58. Belton, Texas: Center for Gift Program, $50,100; Los Alamos National Collins Achievement Award for outstanding Award of Excellence, Aegis Award of Texas Studies. Lab Educational Gift Program, $65,000. teaching and service to students in the Distinction, Communicator Award of Diaz-Granados, Jaime. “Adolescent EtOH Marsh, Christopher. Russia at the Polls: University. Distinction, and the 2001 Telly Award in the Exposure: Effect on Adult EtOH Response.” Low Budget Category for his video “JSMI: Tour Voters, Elections, and Democratization. Dr. Alden Smith and Dr. Jeffrey Fish, both of National Institutes of Health grant, $452,000. of Israel.” Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly the Department of Classics, received the Horace Dowd, Sharyn. Reading Mark: A Literary and Press, 2001. (Sonny) and Virginia Wallace Award for excel- Dr. Jeffrey Fish was awarded a National Theological Commentary on the Second Gospel. McCoy, Paul. International Juried Exhibition, lent teaching, given at the Harry and Anna Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys, 2000. Greater Midwest International XVI, Central Jeanes Academic Convocation in April 2001. study in Rome for one year beginning in sum- mer 2001. Edwards, R.E. “An Introduction to the Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Mo. Dr. David Pennington of the Department of Privacy Topic.” Forensic Quarterly 73, no. 1. Mungello, David. The Spirit and the Flesh in Chemistry and Biochemistry received the Dr. J.R. LeMaster was elected president of (2000): 1-78. Shandong, 1650-1785. Lanham, Md.: Rowman Honors Program teaching and service award, the Conference of College Teachers of English. García-Corales, Guillermo. “The Poetics of & Littlefield, 2001. presented at the Harry and Anna Jeanes Dr. Kay Toombs was featured in a forthcom- Disenchantment in the Narrative of A.M. del Rudd, M. David. Suicide Science: Expanding Academic Convocation in April 2001. ing film series on Hermeneutics produced by the Río.” ALPHA - Revista de literatura de la the Boundaries. New York: Kluwer Academic Professor Robert Darden won an British Broadcasting Corporation of Scotland. Universidad de Chile 16 (2000): 55-72. Press, 2001. Excellence/Silver Award for general writing Professor Karl Umlauf received the President’s Garland, Diana. Center for Family and Shoaf, Mary Margaret. “Mathematical at the annual Council for Advancement and Award, 16th Annual National Works on Paper, Community Ministries. “Service and Faith: The Modeling through Applications.” Eisenhower Support of Education meeting in March 2001 University of Texas, Tyler. Impact on Christian Faith and Congregational grant, $74,095. for his article, “Slab o’ Sequoia.” Life of Organized Community Caring.” Lilly “Interpreting the Spanish Conquest and Endowment grant, $702,000; Congregational Colonial Periods in Museums.” Symposium Resources for Family Ministry, Lilly For current information throughout the year about the College of Arts and Sciences, please visit our Web site at http://www.baylor.edu/Arts_Sciences/ p36 collegium Changing the world, one student at a time... Postscript endowed scholarships. In no uncertain terms, a student By Elizabeth Vardaman scholarship at Baylor is the gift of a lifetime. It opens the doors to intellectual and spiritual discovery . . . to deeper knowledge and self-esteem . . . to greater dreams and the courage to follow them. n “Postscript,” the Irish poet Seamus ly much Heaney invites us to drive “along the younger than You can help deserving students by: IFlaggy Shore, / In September or ourselves, who October, when the wind / And the light are seize every • contributing to an established scholarship working off each other.” If we should see chance to in the department of your choice “the earthed lightning of a flock of swans” enlarge their sensi- on a “slate-grey lake,” Heaney cautions us bilities, expand their no Kodak can do justice to the scene: intellect, and grow in • contributing to a fund established in honor “Useless to think you’ll park and capture it / their commitment to God and or in memory of a cherished More thoroughly. You are neither here nor man. Celebrations of the spirit, such as friend or professor there, / A hurry through which known and graduation, remind us why we chose this strange things pass / As big soft buffetings vocation in the first place. • establishing your own endowed come at the car sideways / And catch the For me, certainly no group had ever been scholarship that will begin helping a student once the principal reaches $25,000. heart off guard and blow it open.” more distinguished than the class of 2001. coming here for two degrees, biochemistry In my work as an assistant dean, I’ve seen Their dedication to scholarship, truth, beau- and music. Next year’s fine feathered fledg- a thousand students whose lives are as ty, and service was inspirational. Eight of lings were preparing to crowd the hours of When supporting students through amazing as those swans. And their gradua- our best and brightest had bid for presti- their lives with knowledge and purpose. endowed scholarships, every gift counts— tion day always catches my heart. This past gious scholarships, such as the Marshall, Will these students surprise and engage every amount, every designation. May 12th, 560 undergraduates received Rhodes, Fulbright, Rotary, and Boren. us once again? Absolutely. Those special their degrees from the College of Arts and Some had won; some had not. Yet they had moments when our students connect with With an increased scholarship endowment, Sciences. Some had struggled through dif- all handled the outcomes with maturity and our courses are exhilarating. Often such Baylor can continue to provide an ficult and painful ugly-duckling years before grace. insights and revelations lead to nothing less affordable education for lives that show discovering their majors and callings. These graduates were gathering up their than transformations. promise for growth, regardless of their Others sailed across the stage on the same learning now to take their places in the So, we begin afresh — spring’s bright financial resources. powerful wings that had enabled them to world of work; in missions; in graduate and greens having changed to fall’s welcoming soar through years of rigorous courses. professional programs at Yale, Harvard, golds, postscripts having turned to prefaces. To make a gift or request more information: After the ceremony as faculty and fami- Princeton, Oxford, London School of Those who had hoped to hold Baylor grad- Contact: Bill Dube, Endowed Scholarship Society 1-800-BAYLOR-U, option 4 lies met on the lawn, one of our highest- Economics; and in other places around the uation 2001 in their hands, paste it in an or (254) 710-2561 ranking seniors told me that he “could not globe — Scotland, China, Germany, Israel, album, and pronounce it “the last, best have received a better education in the and the City of Waco Housing class” should have known better. Instead, world” and that it was here he “found [his] Department, to name a few. like interlocking rings, the seasons mysteri- Did any of these persons have a profound influence on your life? These are just a few of the endowed scholarships you can heart in serving the poor.” Posing for pic- “Good-bye, Jim, Allison, Beau, Holley, ously and forever move, linking generations give to as you seek to help provide students the opportunity to become people of character, vision, and ability. tures, laughing, hugging, and “swanning” Michael, Donovan, Tanya, David, Jonathan, of treasured students and memories in around in their caps and gowns, many of Brian, Tito, Emily, Rebecca, Rachel, Josh, poignant, glittering, new combinations. the new alumni affirmed that Baylor had John, Paige,” I cried to the cornfields and Dag Hammarskjold describes best what I’m L. Joseph Achor Patricia Cook & Bill Cook J. R. & Wanda LeMaster Robert & Veronica Piziak Cornelia M. Smith psychology theater arts american studies mathematics pre-medical studies been everything they had hoped for, and the crows as I passed. “You and so many of trying to say: “For all that has been — even more. your classmates are our pride and joy, our Thanks! / To all that shall be — Yes!” A.J. Armstrong Bruce Cresson E. Hudson Long Lee R. Polk James W. Swain After the farewells of May living poems.” english phi beta kappa/ american studies communication studies theater arts university scholars Commencement, I headed west out Arriving home, I declared with flair to Dr. T.J. Bond Ralph L. Lynn Robert L. Reid Charles & Jean Tolbert Highway 84 toward my home near my husband, “This time was the greatest. chemistry Eddie L. Dwyer history history sociology religion McGregor chuckling, shaking my head, and We will never see the likes of these again!” Lyle C. Brown Robert T. Miller Howard L. Rolf Virgil & Helen Tweedie reviewing the year — what a year. Jim smiled and went back to his reading. political science Frederick R. Gehlbach political science mathematics chemistry Faculty members at Baylor know we have On May 29 my car sped back to Baylor Professor Elizabeth Vardaman biology Jochem/Chris Burckhardt Launa Morrow Retha Sanders Karl & Shirley Umlauf a privileged view; we watch in awe, season — orientation was beginning. The first Class of ’65 german Jim & Pat Hickey family & consumer family & consumer art after season, as remarkable men and women exciting day, I met a freshman who plans to Assistant Dean, mathematics sciences sciences achieve a ballast of identity and skills that study Japanese and math. Another spoke College of Arts and Sciences Glenn Capp James Vardaman communication studies Glenn O. Hilburn J.W. Ousley Herbert D. Schwetman international studies propel them from cygnets into swans. We passionately of journalism and Chinese; religion ministry guidance physics are renewed and challenged by those, usual- behind him was a young woman who is Dr. & Mrs. O.P.Constantine James & Alma Wood slavic & east european W. J. Kilgore Shim & Theresa Park Andres Sendon church-state studies studies philosophy physics spanish Driving North 1981 COLLEGIUM Let me have the grace to speak of this for I would mind what happens here. — Robert Duncan collegium

The darkness was Protestant that year, but not A Publication of Baylor University • College of Arts & Sciences • 2001 with individual conscience, the hymn of the south, or the priesthood of the believer. Haunted, driving north, I watched the horizon gray over Oklahoma, the rim of fires drifting down from Manitoba. I stepped out hours later to the first cold of September, a season’s end. The magnolias were already old those last evenings, reflected in the watery light of summer rain. The air was dark with words. But this spring, a hymn heard through a distant window brought back the years before: The places where crepe myrtle blooms early and late, where old bells echo from a green Handel and Mendelssohn and all the music of Passover, where almost every lamppost has a name and shadows cross our days without erasing joy.

Dr. Jane Hoogestraat (B.A., 1981) Poet and Associate Professor of English, Southwest Missouri State University

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