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Swimmers travel to Colorado

Published Nov 9, 2006

The men's and women's swimming and diving teams will take on the Air Force Falcons, and the women's team will face the New Mexico State Aggies at a meet in Colorado Springs, Colo., today. The H20 Frogs are going up against Air Force and NMSU after the men's loss to the BYU Cougars 159.5-80.5 and the women's loss to the Cougars 149-94 Saturday.

The women's team also lost to the Colorado State Rams Thursday 156-144. These meets marked the first losses of the season for both teams.

Keep Web profiles appropriate

Published Nov 9, 2006

It's amazing how much you can learn about a person by visiting the "reveal all" Web site - Facebook.So it should come as no surprise that employers are looking for job candidates' revealing information on networking sites. What they are finding is that the profiles don't emphasize skills students learned in the classroom, but those they learned after hours.

Some who post on sites such as Facebook and MySpace are offended at the idea, but employers are now thinking twice about who they hire to represent their companies.

Panhellenic decides to add new sorority

Published Nov 9, 2006

Panhellenic Council decided another sorority will be joining the Greek community next fall by a 9-to-1 closed vote at last night's meeting.Sixteen national chapters will be invited to TCU and those who express an interest in coming to campus will have to make a presentation to the Panhellenic Council about why they want to become part of Greek life at TCU, said Clare Edwards, Panhellenic Council president.

Report: Student volunteer numbers increase

Published Nov 9, 2006

A recent national study found the number of American college students who participate in volunteer activities has increased nearly 20 percent since 2002 - exciting news for a community service coordinator."Student interest in volunteering here at TCU definitely seems higher," said Peter Thompson, program coordinator for Community Involvement and Service Learning. "Especially after last fall, when Hurricane Katrina put such a spotlight on volunteering - it was easier to see the need for it."

Staff discuss outcome of governor race

Published Nov 9, 2006

With the results of yesterday's gubernatorial election in, many students and faculty members say the outcome would have been different had there only been fewer candidates.Republican Gov. Rick Perry was re-elected with 39 percent of the votes, while Democrat Chris Bell came in second with 30 percent. Independents Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman drew 18 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

"I think everybody expected this," said Ralph Carter, chairman of the political science department.

College for a day

College for a day

Published Nov 9, 2006

While his friends were in class on Wednesday, one high school student played basketball at the University Recreation Center and went to class in Smith Entrepreneurs Hall just like a TCU student.Freddy Arellano, a ninth-grader at Amon Carter-Riverside High School in Fort Worth, participated in the College Student for a Day program, which gives selected Tarrant County middle school and high school students a chance to experience college life.

Arellano arrived in the morning and was paired with Chris Volpe, a sophomore business major.

Baker uses age to her advantage

Published Nov 8, 2006

Born in 1986, the head baker for TCU Dining Services is the same age as many students attending TCU.Twenty-year-old Kelli Ginther has been in charge of baking for Dining Services since August - a role that, despite her young age, she is more than ready to fill, said Dining Services staff members.

"For me, this is a really exciting chance to prove that people our age can be capable of doing the work and gaining respect in the workforce," Ginther said.

SGA promotes idea of no tax on textbooks

Published Nov 8, 2006

Student Government Association passed three bills Tuesday evening, including one that promotes the sale of tax-free textbooks and could save Texas college students $40 million, said an SGA delegate Tuesday evening.The bill to support the sale of tax-free textbooks in Texas could help remove the 8.25 percent sales tax charged on college textbooks, said Mickey Ley, delegate from the AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Ley also said the cost of college textbooks has increased by 62 percent since 1994.

Tarrant County students peer into college life

Published Nov 8, 2006

Today, 75 students from Tarrant County school districts will get a firsthand look at college life as part of the College Student for a Day program.The goal of the program is to show middle school and high school students that college is an option, said Molly Baldwin, a representative for Americorps VISTA Center for Community Involvement and Service Learning.

Students follow TCU student-volunteers to class and through their daily lives at college, Baldwin said.

Play offers view of actors' back-stage experience

Play offers view of actors’ back-stage experience

Published Nov 8, 2006

A month's worth of work is coming to an end as TCU theatre students present "Noises Off," the biggest production of the semester, today through Sunday.The crew of "Noises Off," written by Michael Frayn, has been working on the show's set for nearly a month, said Meg Bauman, a sophomore theatre major.

"Our set is enormous," Bauman said. "It's two stories tall and rotates."

Pastor’s actions do not represent entire evangelical community

Published Nov 8, 2006

Christianity has been grossly misrepresented.I opened the paper Sunday and saw that Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado Springs had been fired because of "sexual immorality," according New Life Church's statements.

Haggard acknowledged Friday in the Gazette Telegraph that he had paid a Denver man for a massage and for methamphetamine. The man claims the two had a "long-term sexual relationship, though Haggard said he did not have sex with the man and did not take the drug.

Vegetarian lifestyle has more options

Published Nov 8, 2006

In today's fashion-forward, weight-conscious market, there are countless diets available. But before South Beach was discovered and before Atkins put pen to paper, there was the vegetarian diet.Like any diet, there was a time when being a vegetarian was seen and used to get attention and a way for people to form their identities. Today, vegetarianism has evolved into an environmentally aware habit, and I think it's safe to say, the "tree-hugging" perception has been put to rest.

There are essentially two ways to cut meat out of your diet: as a vegetarian and as a vegan.