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Need some gift ideas for that special young person in your life? You can't go wrong with a good book. Here's a list of the 10 top-selling children's books of all time through the end of 2000 as compiled by Publishers Weekly.

Faculty and staff have their own memories of what makes a Baylor Christmas special. Here are a few:

Jeff Nishinaka provides us with a romanticized view of Christmas at Baylor with his intricate cut-paper sculpture.

Baylor poised to fill void in national higher education

From stock boy to major stockholder, John Baugh's career in food service has fed his passion to serve

Associate dean initiates conversation across 'the pond' on higher education

Alum No. 1 pick by British magazine Management Today

Peggy Wehmeyer, the first national religion correspondent for a major television news network, will be presented with the 2002 Baylor Communications Award during the annual President's Media Luncheon Aug. 27.

Acclaimed historian Shelby Foote, author of the three-volume The Civil War: A Narrative, and Ernest Gaines, author of the best-selling book A Lesson Before Dying, will present lectures at Baylor in October.'

Baylor's newest mascot named for First Lady Sue Sloan

Baylor will host some of the world's leading theoretical physicists as well as historians and philosophers of science this fall at the Dirac Centenary Conference Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author provides compelling portrait of nation's second president as devoted public servant

Right balance of stimulation for infants important to healthy development

Program gives income- and estate-tax relief when saving for educational expenses

As rates of childhood obesity reach epidemic levels in the United States, health experts are concerned that America is raising a generation of couch potato kids.

Eating foods rich in lycopene could help prevent prostate cancer

Precedent-setting president seeks ways to represent entire student body

As an 18-year-old freshman in August 1987, Frank Shushok unpacked his belongings from the family car and moved into Brooks Hall, eager to begin his college experience. Three weeks later, he was ready to leave.

Involvement in campus volunteer program leads to a new friendship for Regents scholar

From the ruins of 9/11 emerged a deeper love for New York, a 'city of miracles'

Baylor's golf teams have played on borrowed courses for decades, but with Bear Ridge they have a new "home, sweet home"

Baylor Magazine asked a number of its alumni who now serve as pastors to share Sunday-after sermons with us at this one-year anniversary of September 11

Increasingly, music ministers are getting caught in the cross fire of how today's churches sing God's praises

Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr., president of Baylor University, delivered this sermon Oct. 7, 2001, at First Baptist Church, Waco.

When Chaos Comes - Psalm 46

How should we respond to this terrorist attack?
I Peter 5:6-11

Running for refuge

Gold Rush, redux

Two Baylor teams take national fitness challenge

Odds are in his favor

Video boards added to athletic venues

What is the first year of college really like?

Philosophy alum puts theory 
into practice documenting bonded labor abuse in India

Instant messaging keeps youth connected and is changing the way they communicate

Save now, and save more, for a comfortable retirement

Psychology professor researches what makes people happy

Max Shauck honored for alternative aviation fuel research

Baylor makes bid as site for Bush presidential library

This story was published in Collegium 2001, an annual publication of Baylor's College of Arts and Sciences, and is reprinted here with permission.

Two Baylor ROTC cadets from the class of '75 ascend through the ranks to make their mark in the U.S. military.

May graduate Marjorie Owens joins Houston Grand Opera young artists' studio.

Baylor alum creates fairy-tale life as part of "Shrek" animation team.

A lover of language, Ann Miller ushered many a Baylor student into her world of words.

Before there was Bill Nye the Science Guy, there was Robert G. Packard, "Waco's Mr. Wizard," as one newspaper called him. And for 50 years, he has blazed a unique trail in how thousands of students relate to physics.

Panel of experts evaluates, affirms effectiveness of mammograms to save lives.

Professor adapts curriculum to world in crisis.

Editor's Note: Rebecca Cutbirth, a professional writing major with a public relations/political science double minor, will graduate in May 2003. For her class in professional writing, she compiled a cookbook seasoned liberally with humorous and touching anecdotes. As a freshman at Baylor, far from her home of Abilene, she caught the flu. Below is her contribution to her own cookbook of how Dr. and Mrs. Robert Packard came to her rescue.