Three Student Government Association members will receive $1,200 in scholarships to encourage student involvement, according to the bill passed Monday. However, the bill, which passed by a 19-8 vote, presents some ethical issues.The $24 students pay each semester will be used in part to finance the education of SGA members. As it is, SGA fees are not optional. And now it seems that the SGA scholarships are coming out of students' pockets without their consent.

It is spring again, and that means the return of our national pastime: baseball.Baseball season gives people the chance to go out to the ballpark, spend a couple hours with friends, eat a hot dog, "root, root, root for the home team" and hear the "ping" of the bat.

"Ping"?

While the college game currently uses aluminum bats, many baseball purists and fans of the big league game prefer the "crack" of wooden bats.

In 1974, aluminum bats were introduced to college baseball and with the bats came higher batting averages.



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"Way to go, Smokey Joe," a group of student protesters chanted outside the Alumni and Visitors Center on Monday night.About 12 students gathered to protest U.S. Rep. Joe Barton's energy policies and to reinforce that global climate change is a real issue when Barton, R-Texas, visited campus Monday.

James Russell, a freshman English major, said this protest is especially important to him because he feels Barton's policies have a bias toward energy and oil companies.

The Tenure, Promotion and Grievance Committee of the Faculty Senate is rewriting the faculty grievance procedure, specifically targeting tenure and promotion grievances.For the 2006-2007 school year the TPG Committee was specifically charged to propose or revise the faculty grievance procedure and has been working on doing so since August.

Stuart Youngblood, chairman-elect of the Faculty Senate and TPG Committee member, said the committee has been working to clarify and simplify what is known as a complicated procedure.

An addition of scholarships to the SGA budget, which was passed Monday, has ruffled the feathers of the executive board.A total of $1,200 in scholarships was passed in SGA's budget for two members of the House of Student Representatives Monday. There are three scholarships in total, which would provide $200 per semester to the selected students. These are aimed to encourage student involvement in the House of Student Representatives throughout the semester, according to house bill 93-13, submitted Nov. 28, 2006.

Hey Friend, I am writing this letter to you to tell you that I fear we are losing touch.It is rare these days to give and/or receive a hand-written letters, such as this one, partially due to the current...

The French broke the record for the world's fastest TGV train Tuesday. According to a Times Online article, the TGV train had been allotted 5 billion euros, in spite of predictions that it would never be profitable.

The train, which got up to 357 mph, did not beat the record 361 mph held by a different type of train from Japan that levitates on magnets but did beat France's own 1990 TGV train world record of 320 mph.

The TCU community will receive a rare opportunity to hear an elected official speak about the future of Texas energy policy.Congressman Joe Barton will present a lecture about the future of energy at 6...

Facebook addicts, rejoice! There may be a new way to get you to peel your eyes from that hypnotizing blue and white screen: God. College students nationwide are sacrificing their participation on one of the Internet's most popular social networking sites in the name of Lent, and TCU students haven't been left out of the trend.

Lent, a Christian holiday that lasts from Ash Wednesday, Feb. 21, to Easter Sunday, is a 40-day period that mimics the time Jesus spent in the wilderness resisting temptation.

Under pressure from the New York attorney general, TCU plans to end its revenue sharing partnership with Education Finance Partners, a university administrator said Wednesday. Mike Scott, director of scholarships and financial aid, said he stands by the integrity of the revenue sharing program but understands the potential for abuse, and therefore, is willing to end the program at Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's request.