#robertsloan

What happens when an author writes a novel based on how a computer responds to his writing? The New York Times profiled author at Robert Sloan, who has written a computer program to help him write his novel. Two forms of writing becoming one. (It complements this book about computationally analyzing best-selling novels in order to identify a literary success formula.) Read the full article

So, how about them Huskies?! Never mind that we lost terribly to SHSU. The Bearkats are good and have been around for a while, or something like that. Obviously they were going to win. However, once that was out of the way, the HBU football team traveled several hours up to north Texas to face Wayland Baptist University. It was no big deal, WE ONLY WON WITH A SCORE OF 52-28!!! Talk about an ecstatic campus for the next week. Then, Friday night at 9:00 on September 27, we had our first ever Husky Howl. I suppose you could call it a pep rally, and I tell you what, it sure rallied some pep. The awesome HBU Rec Team led us (students, faculty, alumni, and family) in some awesome new cheers, designed specifically for our football games. An alumnus—probably HBU’s biggest fan—continued to pump shots of team spirit and school pride into our veins. And last but definitely not least, our pep band made their debut performance. Comprised of around 15 members, the band is a bunch of HBU students who can play instruments and love their school, and, they play under the lead of a wonderful director. So, maybe it’s not quite that military marching band, but that didn’t phase us one bit. As we left Husky Howl, we were pumped for our first ever home game the next evening against Oklahoma Baptist. Fast forward 20 hours and we were changing into as much orange and blue as we could find. Then, kick off! But wait, where’s all the action we heard about from the game against Wayland? Oh no! Oklahoma scored a field goal! It’s 0-3! As a matter of fact, the scoreboard read 0-3 for the whole first half of the game. Suddenly, something happened in the locker room, because we picked up our game and finished strong with a 34-3 victory! Three of the touchdowns were scored by our defense and there were several more interceptions. I, for one, hooted, hollered, and woofed (we’re Huskies, we woof), as we scored play after play after play. At the end of the night, I was elated, and I know everyone else was too, not to mention our President, Dr. Robert Sloan. Here’s to many more Husky victories! DAWGS UP!!! WOOF!