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LT moves into seventh place for all-time career rushing yards

LT moves into seventh place for all-time career rushing yards

Published Oct 5, 2010

On Sunday afternoon former TCU and current New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson passed Tony Dorsett to move into seventh place on the NFL's career rushing yards list. LT was drafted fifth overall...

Social media plays vital role in national disasters

Social media plays vital role in national disasters

Published Oct 5, 2010

Tweets. Status updates. Blog posts. Our lives are saturated with social networking sites. Known among college students as the great tool of procrastination, Facebook is especially notorious for sucking much-needed time out of an already busy day. There's no indication that social network users will stop visiting these sites anytime soon. In my opinion, then, it's important that something be done to put them to good use and let something worthwhile come out of all the time that people spend online.

Former student makes it to the fourth week of ‘The Apprentice’

Published Oct 5, 2010

Alumnus Clint Robertson said he would do whatever it takes to make it to the end of the third season of NBC's show "The Apprentice," according to an NBC video.

Robertson made it to the fourth week of the show so far and will make an appearance on "NBC5 Today" this morning to share his story.

This season of "The Apprentice" focused on a recession-era apprentice 8212; non-celebrity contestants who lost their jobs or had trouble finding jobs compete against each other for a position in the Trump Organization.

Students start on-campus food delivery service

Published Oct 4, 2010

After researching how to start a business for months within the walls of the Mary Couts Burnett Library, one university student has put his plan into action.

Owner of Horned Frog Delivery Luke Walton said he founded the company, which delivers food and convenience items to a variety of locations, after noticing a need for the service in the community. The company began making deliveries on Aug. 23, he said.

SGA transperancy, awareness increases with student participation

SGA transperancy, awareness increases with student participation

Published Oct 4, 2010

The TCU Student Government Association performs complicated and demanding tasks through a network of branches, committees and advisors. The student body cannot hope to gain full awareness of each decision occurring in its government. However, one of the most significant changes in student government since the end of the last academic year has been the transition of much student programming authority from the Programming Council to a newly-minted organization known as TheCrew.

Senator Wendy Davis, breast cancer survivors, to speak at luncheon

Published Oct 4, 2010

The annual "Feed Your Pink Side" Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center.|

State senator Wendy Davis will speak at the event, along with a panel of three breast cancer survivors and their children, said Anne Barrett, administrative assistant to Ann Louden, TCU Chancellor's associate for external relations.

Weekend sports recap

Published Oct 4, 2010

Volleyball

The TCU volleyball team swept the Air Force Falcons Saturday at home. Senior outside hitter Irene Hester, senior middle blocker Christy Hudson and junior middle blocker Kristen Hester combined for 35 of the team's 48 kills.

Kristen Hester also had a match high of six blocks. The Frogs are now 11-6 overall and 2-1 in the Mountain West Conference. They will play New Mexico 7 p.m. Friday at the University Rec Center.

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Success of students benefit TCU greatly

Published Oct 4, 2010

Over the past month, the Daily Skiff has been peppered with stories of enterprising students. In September, senior Brent Skoda was named a finalist in the Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year competition for his unique and successful business, collegefitness.com. Today, the paper features two different food delivery businesses, both started and run by students.

It is great to see students who not only work hard enough to run a business while juggling a full load of classes but who are creative in their endeavors.

Professors to bring student research opportunites to TCU

Published Oct 4, 2010

Two new chemistry professors are working to bring notoriety to the university and to give students the opportunity to participate in potentially life-changing research. Eric Simanek, Robert A. Welch...

Horned Frogs in the NFL

Horned Frogs in the NFL

Published Oct 4, 2010

Name: LaDainian Tomlinson Position: Running back Current Team: New York Jets Outcome of game: New York 38 Buffalo 14 Stats: Rushing Attempts: 19 Rushing Yards: 133 Rushing Touchdowns: Two Receptions:...

Legal jargon obstructs legislation

Published Oct 4, 2010

We are fast approaching the six-month anniversary since the passage of the controversial health care reform bill. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which amended the previous bill, were the subject of numerous controversies, ranging from the bill's constitutionality to whether health care reform was truly needed in the United States.

University would respond to threats through the TCU alert system

University would respond to threats through the TCU alert system

Published Oct 4, 2010

If there was a potentially suicidal student that could endanger other students, like in a situation that prompted a lockdown at a Dallas community college campus Monday, the university would respond by using the TCU ALERT, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills said.

According to a Dallas Morning News online article, Brookhaven College had a brief lockdown on campus Monday after several people reported a student intended to kill himself. Students were alerted of the lockdown through e-mail, text messages and Twitter messages.