Students elect Hudson by overwhelming majority
Run-off election for House VP scheduled for Thursday between candidates John Billingsley and Abby Crawford
By Kristin Delorantis
Staff Reporter

Chelsea Hudson said the phone rang and her heart dropped. She walked to the phone, knowing the person on the other end would have the results that could change her life forever, she said.
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Power outage frustrates campus
By Jordan Blum
Staff Reporter

Ryan Hahn said he woke up sweating from the muggy heat in his room Tuesday morning and realized the power was out in his residence hall. Then he took a freezing cold shower and watched the groceries in his Micro Fridge go bad.
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Administration cuts funding for holiday lights
By Sam Eaton
Staff Reporter

For the past two years, the lights on Sadler Hall have helped welcome in the holiday season, but budget cuts will leave the building dark this December.
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Class takes writing skills off-campus
By Kristin Campbell
Staff Reporter

Cathy Gabor, a graduate student and English instructor, says although the students in her sophomore composition class are frustrated by the different approach she takes to teaching writing, they are also reaping the rewards of their efforts.
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Texas set on Bush, Putin visit
By Nora Frost
The Lariat

WACO (U-WIRE) — Baylor University’s McLane Student Life Center gymnasium is going international — for this week, at least.
Folding tables, cushy chairs, telephones, televisions and a stage have temporarily replaced the four basketball courts in order to host about 300 journalists.
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NTSB investigators find second
black box from NYC plane crash
By Tom Hays
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Investigators found the flight data recorder Tuesday that could yield clues about the final seconds of the American Airlines crash that killed more than 260 people.
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N. Alliance moves into Afghan capital
By Kathy Gannon
Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Ignoring appeals to stay out of the capital, Afghan opposition fighters rolled into Kabul on Tuesday after Taliban troops fled. Residents, freed of the Islamic militia’s restrictions, celebrated by blaring music from radios and shaving their beards.
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Anthrax spores in State Department
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Anthrax contamination turned up in eight of 55 tests taken from a State Department remote mail facility in Virginia, officials reported Tuesday, a strong indication that a spore-laden letter remains to be found.
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