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Baseball team finishes with the strongest season yet

Baseball team finishes with the strongest season yet

Published Aug 23, 2010

A baseball season filled with victories and great achievements culminated in a trip to the College World Series for the Horned Frog baseball team.

That road included an overall record of 54-14, a dominating run at the Super Regionals, knocking out the University of Texas in the super regional playoffs and making their debut in the College World Series.

The trip to the College World Series meant it was the most successful season in the program's history.

Bookstore not offering textbook rentals

Bookstore not offering textbook rentals

Published Aug 23, 2010

The university bookstore declined to participate in Barnes & Noble's in-store textbook rental program which was implemented nation-wide last spring semester, a bookstore official said.

Roman Coronado, textbook manager at the campus bookstore, said the university chose not to participate in the rental program because it was brand new and not necessarily beneficial to students. However, he said e-textbooks and online textbook rental from barnesandnoble.com would still be an option.

Women’s soccer team begins a rocky season

Published Aug 23, 2010

The women's soccer team began its 2010 season much like they ended last season: with glimpses of good and bad.

The Horned Frogs started off their 2010 campaign with a 3-0 loss at Texas Tech Aug. 20 but rebounded with a 7-0 win against Texas Southern at home on Sunday.

Against the Lady Raiders, the Horned Frogs were unable to take advantage of several scoring opportunities and fell behind early as Texas Tech took an early 1-0 lead 11 minutes into the game. Texas Tech followed that up with another two first half goals and held the lead for the rest of the game.

New Spanish minor aimed at health professionals

New Spanish minor aimed at health professionals

Published Aug 23, 2010

The Department of Spanish and Hispanic Studies will offer a new minor, Spanish for the Health Professions, this fall, by basing the new area of emphasis on a class already offered by the university, a...

My.tcu.edu receives upgrades

My.tcu.edu receives upgrades

Published Aug 23, 2010

Updates to the my.tcu.edu website, which took place in late July, have gone nearly unnoticed by university students. The changes were meant to be as seamless as possible, Josh Harmon, director of Enterprise Application Services, said.

What students may notice are the changes in the Student Center section. Enrollment, degree progress, transcripts, grades and other academic planning resources are now found in a drop-down folder entitled "other academic..."

Upcoming cold front offers little relief

Published Aug 23, 2010

Record-breaking heat welcomed students as they set off for their first day of classes.
According to the National Weather Service, Monday's temperature reached a high of 107 degrees, the hottest day of the year in North Texas.

High temperatures were in the triple digits for 23 out of the past 24 days in the Fort Worth area, according to the weather service. The average temperature for this time of year usually stays in the mid 90s.

Junior engineering major Dawson Brown said he did not enjoy the heat.

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: Why does your Skiff look different?

Published Aug 23, 2010

So you picked up a Skiff today and you may have noticed it looks a little different from last year. We spent the summer redesigning both our print and web products to give you, gentle reader, a better...

Contruction begins to settle down across TCU

Published Aug 23, 2010

If the Mary Wright Admission Center was to be given a letter grade on its appearance and benefits for students, staff and visitors, Chancellor Victor Boschini said he would give it an A-plus.

"We looked at a lot of other admissions [buildings]. Vanderbilt has one, SMU has one, so we tried to incorporate the best ideas of those," Boschini said.

He said the new building, which opened to staff Aug. 2, is home to the offices of all admission faculty and staff, marking the first time the entire staff has been together on campus.

Women’s soccer tops Texas Southern

Published Aug 22, 2010

Texas Southern fell to junior Jordan Calhoun as she netted two goals and gave TCU a 7-0 win Sunday at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.For the match, the Horned Frogs outshot the Lady Tigers, 46-4, including...

Chords for Kids

Chords for Kids

Published Aug 21, 2010

A group hopes to instill music into the lives of children who look for better times.

A group of students on campus plan to bring music to children at Kinderfrogs and Cook Children's Hospital weekly next semester. J.B. Martin, a sophomore neuroscience major, said Chords for Kids is an organization that is open to everyone at the university.

Parade Ranks TCU 16th in the Nation

Parade Ranks TCU 16th in the Nation

Published Aug 20, 2010

Parade Magazine ranked TCU as a top 20 large private college as well as a top 20 business and accounting school in its College A-List, which will be published Sunday.

According to the website, Parade asked top high school counselors across the nation to recommend the schools that often fly "under the radar" for the survey.

The A-List colleges were broken down into 16 different categories, and the survey contained over 300 colleges, according to the website.

MWC approaches Fresno and Nevada

MWC approaches Fresno and Nevada

Published Aug 19, 2010

Mountain West Conference has confirmed previous reports that it has extended invitations to Fresno State and Nevada for the 2011 season, according to ESPN Dallas.

Brigham Young University intends to announce they will be leaving the conference in a press conference Thursday, to become an independent in football and a member of the Western Athletic Conference for all other sports. This followed the University of Utah's departure to the Pac 10 earlier this summer.