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Boy Meets World

Published Mar 21, 2007

For Jeff Roet, the best way to explain the world is by looking down.The geography lecturer said he was "born with a spatial hardwiring and 3-D awareness" that enables him to envision the world as a map.

"By the time I was 6, I could read a map better than anyone," Roet said. "I could glance at one that was upside down and still understand what it all meant."

Although Roet showed an early propensity for geography, it took a sudden change for his gift to evolve into a near-obsession.

Online Exclusive!!! Headline: Frogs Make it 5 Straight

Published Mar 21, 2007

The Horned Frogs (16-6) began a five-game road trip Tuesday night against the UT Arlington Mavericks (9-15) with a win thanks to some timely two-out hitting and a comedy of errors.Freshman pitcher Tyler...

Former RUF minister dies

Published Mar 21, 2007

Eight years ago, Dustin Salter came to TCU and brought Reformed University Fellowship with him.The Rev. Dustin Salter, 37, died Monday, March 19, 2007, at 3:40 p.m. surrounded by his family. More than four months ago he fell off of his bicycle in Greenville, S.C., and suffered a traumatic brain injury.

The Rev. Salter was an amazing teacher who loved the students he worked with, said Ronald Pitcock, assistant English professor and a friend of Salter's.

Pi Kapps to bike across country

Published Mar 21, 2007

Eight Pi Kappa Phi fraternity members, among others around the country, will be biking an average of 75 miles a day this summer for those who might not be able to.They are raising funds and training to participate in a cross-country biking trip, about 4,200 miles long, designed to allow participants to interact with the disabled and those who have a passion about helping them.

Journey of Hope is one of the many events put on by Push America, a nonprofit organization for the disabled headed by Pi Kapp.

School officials ensure students, parents finances valid

Published Mar 21, 2007

The payments TCU receives from a lending company under investigation by the New York attorney general's office are given back to students through grants and scholarships, an administrator said Monday.The university has a one-year-old revenue sharing partnership with Education Finance Partners, the loan company that finances the recommended Private Loan for Horned Frogs, said Michael Scott, director of scholarships and student financial aid.

EFP, one of the companies under investigation by the attorney general, has paid TCU about $12,000 under its arrangement, Scott said.

Board votes to rid clause from Faculty Handbook

Published Mar 21, 2007

The board of trustees will vote next week on a resolution that proposes the removal of one of the last remaining vestiges of the anti-communism McCarthy era from the Faculty and Staff Handbook.Provost...

Super Woman

Super Woman

Published Mar 21, 2007

With pride welling in her deep brown eyes, the 70-year-old TCU housekeeper gingerly turns the pages of her photo albums, showing off the faces of students she cheerfully serves each day. In her thick Mexican accent, Lourdes Carpinteyro brags about the students in her pictures, all of whom lovingly call her Lulu. "I call them my bambinos," she says with a doting smile. "I love all my childrens. I'm very proud, very proud of these kids."

Channel surfers might overlook benefit of watching commercials

Published Mar 21, 2007

TV commercials. Most people hate them with a passion only surpassed by their ire for Satan's favorite confection: candy corn. In fact, we all know someone, possibly even ourselves, who begins compulsively flipping channels the microsecond advertisements grace the screen.But why? As sacrilegious as it may sound, commercials play a much bigger role in everyday life than most people think.

First of all, commercials give us pop culture icons who can define generations. Who among us wouldn't be able to pick out Jared?

Tournament offers new advertising chances

Published Mar 21, 2007

While many college students used Spring Break as a chance to go visit exotic locations and just get away for a couple of days, I spent the break in a small town with some of my best friends, watching a lot of college basketball.The March Madness tournament is the greatest sporting event of its kind, giving 65 teams the chance to become this year's national champion.

The only part of this grand event that needs some improvement are the commercials that run during the games.

Freshman golfer swings big in Puerto Rico

Freshman golfer swings big in Puerto Rico

Published Mar 21, 2007

In Mountain West Conference women's golf, February was the month of Valentine.And no, the MWC wasn't giving heart-shaped cards to all the women's golfers, but they did give the Golfer of the Month Award to TCU freshman Valentine Derrey.

In her second ever collegiate tournament, the 19-year-old won the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico last month.

The field included 10 of the top-50 players in the country including the nation's top-ranked player, Georgia's Taylor Leon, who Derrey beat by two strokes.

AddRan College hosts new deans this spring

Published Mar 21, 2007

The university will soon host two candidates vying to become the new dean of the AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences.Philip G. Cohen, from the University of Texas at Arlington, will visit campus March 27 and 28, and F. Andrew Schoolmaster III, from Eastern Kentucky University, will visit April 2 and 3.

Cohen said he believes the AddRan school already has a strong foundation in which both students and faculty excel.

Rebels beat Lady Frogs at tourney

Published Mar 20, 2007

The Lady Frogs were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday in the opening round by the Mississippi Rebels, putting TCU's season to an end. The 22-10 Rebels, who were the No. 7 seed in the Dayton Regional, sent the No. 10-seeded Lady Frogs home from Connecticut with an 88-74 loss.

It was Ole Miss' first NCAA Tournament win since 1994, and TCU's first time not to advance to the second round in five of the last six seasons.