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Semester marks decade of service for LEAPS

Semester marks decade of service for LEAPS

Published Nov 1, 2010

Brian Banks's dad demanded his son sign up for two things at the activities fair during his freshman year.

Banks, now a senior and a co-director for the LEAPS program, said he signed up for the campus-wide day of community service because it was just that, one day.

"I thought, "LEAPS, this is a one day event, I'll just do this,'" Banks said.

Now the one-day program he signed up for as a freshman takes up much more of his time because he has to account for nearly seven months over the course of two semesters in planning and preparation.

Smoothie King offering free gift cards for good grades

Published Nov 1, 2010

Getting A's will not only help students' GPAs, but it could also earn them a tasty snack this week.

The Smoothie King on University Drive will be giving away $5 gift cards, the equivalent of a free smoothie, to the first 25 students who bring an A letter grade on any paper or test and their TCU IDs into the store this week.

According to a release sent on behalf of Smoothie King, the promotion intended to give students a morale boost.

Sid Weigand, owner of the University location, said the promotion also intended to increase awareness of the company's products.

Distinguished journalism professor remembered

Distinguished journalism professor remembered

Published Nov 1, 2010

Phil Record, a member of the university community and an expert in journalism ethics, died Sunday night. Record, 81, suffered a heart attack while driving and crashed his car into a Johnny Carino's restaurant...

Frog Feature: Advertising/public relations alumnus and Wheel of Fortune contestant

Frog Feature: Advertising/public relations alumnus and “Wheel of Fortune” contestant

Published Nov 1, 2010

Kip Boydston, a TCU advertising/public relations alumnus and professional clothing consultant, won about $4,200 on "Wheel of Fortune" after being overlooked twice in the selection rounds. Boydston has always lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and he graduated from TCU in 1996. He wore his Horned Frog cuff links on the show and gave TCU a shout-out on national television.

How did you get to be on "Wheel of Fortune"?

TCU demolishes UNLV with 48-6 victory

Published Oct 31, 2010

LAS VEGAS &- Just a few miles away from the bright lights of the Las Vegas strip, the Horned Frogs continued to shine as they improved to 9-0 with a 48-6 win over UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium.

For the fifth straight game the TCU defense kept its opponent from reaching double figures in points and held UNLV to 197 yards. Horned Frog defensive backs intercepted Rebels quarterback Omar Clayton twice.

Weekend sports preview

Published Oct 29, 2010

Women's Soccer

The TCU women's soccer team will go up against Wyoming on Friday in Laramie, Wyo. TCU is 7-8-1 for the season after the Oct. 16 loss against Utah.

TCU vs. Wyoming

Date: Oct. 22

Place: Laramie, Wyo.

Time: 4:00 p.m. CT

Women's Volleyball

The Horned Frog volleyball team will play at home Saturday against BYU. The past two times the teams played each other, the Horned Frogs defeated the Cougars 3-0.

TCU vs. BYU

Date: Oct. 23

Live from Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas: TCU vs. UNLV

Published Oct 29, 2010

The future site of live coverage of the TCU vs. UNLV game, on Oct. 30,2010 beginning at 6:45 p.m. and ending when the game does. Join TCU News Now Sports Director Chris Blake for live chat and commentary...

Choral performance to honor late music professor

Choral performance to honor late music professor

Published Oct 28, 2010

The TCU School of Music will honor the memory of Choral Professor Ron Shirey with a performance at Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth on Nov. 1, the one-year anniversary of his passing.

Shirey established the Fort Worth-Texas Christian University Symphonic Choir, which performed at Carnegie Hall in New York on six different occasions during his 33 years at the university, according to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram obituary.

Effective response for phishing attack

Published Oct 28, 2010

Early Thursday, a sizable number of university students and faculty awoke to find a peculiar message sitting in their inboxes. The subject line read, "Your Account has been flagged," and an attachment...

Prolific doesn’t mean persuasive in advertising

Published Oct 28, 2010

We live in a media-dominated age. Unless one becomes a hermit and withdraws from society, it is nearly impossible to escape the ever-increasing media presence. Whether it's for the newest Starbucks drink...

LEAPS promotes literacy awareness program

LEAPS promotes literacy awareness program

Published Oct 28, 2010

Students will come together Saturday for a program to help get Fort Worth elementary and middle school students to read.

Reading Frogs is an event that happens once a semester at which students read and hand out books to about 500 students, ages five to 13, to get them excited about reading and show that it is cool, TCU liaison for Reading Frogs Brett Neal said.

"The schools the students come from have low literacy rates and [the event] gives [TCU students] an opportunity to help with their reading," Neal said.

Week 9 of the Skiff’s college Pick ‘Em poll

Published Oct 28, 2010

Every week, Chancellor Victor Boschini and several student leaders pick who they think will win top upcoming college football games in the Daily Skiff college football pick 'em challenge. Last week, each participant missed the upset of Oklahoma vs. Missouri after Missouri beat previously No. 1-ranked Oklahoma. Sports editor Madison Pelletier and student body president Marlon Figueroa had the highest score last week of 4-1. Pelletier has the lead with the highest cumulative score at 30-10. Boschini and News Now sports director Chris Blake are tied for second at 29-11.