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Shooters expect weekend win

Published Jan 26, 2007

Coming off a fall season that saw a plethora of record-setting individual and team performances, the rifle team will look to get back into a rhythm this weekend when it hosts the Air Force Falcons at the TCU Rifle Range.Rewriting the record books became common during the 2006 fall campaign as the shooters set new team records for their performances in 60-shot air rifle and aggregate scoring, according to the team's all-time records. The team also wound up securing the top five individual scores in the 60-shot air rifle event.

Cinema

Published Jan 26, 2007

So you've decided you want to go to a movie tonight. You've also decided to take out that special someone or tag along with a group of friends. But with all the movie theaters there are to decide from in Fort Worth, it can be tough to determine which ones are best for your needs. We brought in our Fort Worth movie expert to tour each theater around town and help you decide which one to go to for the best movie-watching experience possible. Hey, if we're going to pay $8 for it, it better be good. Read on for our top seven movie theaters in Fort Worth, ranked worst to best...

Workplace a chance to learn English

Published Jan 26, 2007

Diversity is a wonderful thing. And it's hard to argue with the benefits of knowing another language, especially if that other language is Spanish and you live in Texas. However, TCU's decision to teach...

Students question required insurance

Published Jan 26, 2007

All full-time undergraduate students are required to carry health insurance of some kind, but international students are specifically required to carry the TCU-offered plan, which the director of international student services says is difficult to understand. Although the university-offered insurance plan is not exclusive to international students, they in particular struggle to understand it, mostly because of the cultural components included in health services, said John Singleton, director of international student services.

Candidate’s inexperience minus

Published Jan 25, 2007

Barack Obama is one of the more promising presidential candidates to come along in the last few years.He's easy on the eyes, speaks well and claims to be a moderate. He sounds like a shoo-in. However, it's likely there's more hype than substance to this presidential hopeful.

Obama's voting record is very short and, from what we have seen, has been extremely liberal. An independent, liberal, political organization, Americans for Democratic Action, gives Obama a 95 percent liberal rating, which matches Sens. Hillary Clinton and John Kerry.

Bus backs into student's car

Bus backs into student’s car

Published Jan 25, 2007

A TCU shuttle bus backed into a TCU student's Toyota Corolla at about 2 p.m. Wednesday on the corner of West Cantey and Cockrell. Sara Baker, a sophomore communication studies and accounting major, was taking sophomore Ali Buron, mechanical engineering major, home when the bus she was following stopped, backed up and hit her vehicle.

"We were stopped because the bus stopped," Baker said. "I put my horn on and the bus smashed into me."

Bus driver Doris Chappell reversed the bus when a passenger yelled for her to stop, Fort Worth Police Officer L. M. Sanborn said.

Smoke causes false alarm at tennis center

Published Jan 25, 2007

Where there's smoke, there are fire trucks, police cars, maintenance workers, tennis facility staff and alarm contractors.Members of the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center staff saw smoke coming out of an air vent shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, said Craig Smith, tennis center director.

The alarm system signaled TCU Police, who dispatched vehicles to the scene and contacted the Fort Worth Fire Department, said DeAnn Jones of the TCU Police Department.

System upgrade in progress for my.tcu.edu portal

Published Jan 25, 2007

Though students may not notice a major difference when logging on to the my.tcu.edu portal Monday morning, there will be many unseen advantages to the newly upgraded system, an administrator said.New hardware...

Panhellenic narrows down sorority candidates

Published Jan 25, 2007

The 10 Panhellenic sororities voted unanimously to invite three sororities to present their organizations in an effort to become the newest sorority on campus.The Panhellenic extension committee suggested Alpha Phi, Delta Zeta and Gamma Phi Beta as the most qualified sororities to join the university this fall.

"The committee spent three weeks reviewing in-depth applications," said James Parker, assistant dean of Campus Life.

Politically Charged

Politically Charged

Published Jan 25, 2007

Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, talked about everything from jury selection in the Lewis "Scooter" Libby case to current school-integration cases to an audience of NPR listeners, students and faculty Wednesday night. Totenberg said she gave her speech a general name, "The Supreme Court and You," so she could talk about anything she wanted.

Following her presentation was a question-and-answer session.

Sophomore Aimee Braun said she came to hear Totenberg give her perspective on political issues.

New team gets new logo

Published Jan 25, 2007

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" and the Lovehandlers share a common fondness - ultimate frisbee. The women's ultimate team got a new logo and took the name the Lovehandlers when it separated from the men's team for its 2007 season.

Jessica Gamwell, a junior biology and chemistry major, said the team joined with women from the University of Texas at Arlington last spring and fall but will compete this semester solely with TCU students.

Program begins to research women-, gender-related issues

Published Jan 25, 2007

A new program supporting the research of women-related and gender-related issues opens its doors to campus and the community today. Religion professor Claudia Camp said she thinks the Institute on Women and Gender will be an asset to the university.

"I think (the institute) will benefit TCU in terms of national recognition," Camp said. "It creates a structure where students and faculty can work together to do research."