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Letter from the editor: Feedback forum up and running

Published Mar 9, 2010

The Skiff wants your feedback, and we're making it easier for you to tell us what you think and what you want to see in your newspaper.

Go to dailyskiff.com and look to your right. A red tab that reads "feedback" will be there. Click on it, and then click on the "Go to Our Feedback Forum" link on the pop-up. Once there, type your suggestion in the search box. If there are no matches, you can click on the "Create New Idea" button below the search box. You do not need to create an account with the Skiff or a third party Web site to leave a suggestion.

University librarian found career in passion for learning

Published Mar 9, 2010

Editor's note: This article was revised for accuracy at 12:46 p.m. March 10.


Deep in the heart of West Texas desert country, you'll find Scurry County, whose population hovers near the 16,000 mark and calls Snyder its central metropolis. Deep in the heart of Snyder native and book junkie Ammie Harrison, you'll find fond memories of one of the town's capstone attractions, the Scurry County Library. Harrison, a reference librarian at the university, said she still remembers her first, treasured library card that her Aunt Linda helped her acquire.

Museum setting for hands-on teaching

Published Mar 9, 2010

Education majors at the university have the opportunity to student teach using tortoises, raccoons, space suits and teepees as their teaching tools.

The Museum School at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History provides a preschool education program where students learn from artifacts at the museum. University students enrolled in the introduction to early childhood education classes are student teaching at the school three hours per week.

Online presence essential part of job search

Published Mar 5, 2010

In today's world of social networking, few students realize their latest tweet or most recent wall post on Facebook can decide whether they get the internship or job they want.Since the advent of social...

Child care options and online evaluations subjects of Faculty Senate meeting

Published Mar 5, 2010

Editor's note: This article was revised for accuracy and clarification at 12:40 p.m. March 8.Faculty Senate members announced Thursday that the university will sponsor child care services for faculty and...

Men’s lacrosse team competing against Nebraska and UNT

Published Mar 5, 2010

In their next two matches, the men's club lacrosse team wants to power past the University of Nebraska and the University of North Texas and hold onto its No. 2 ranking in the Lone Star Alliance's North Division.

Coming off of a loss to Texas State 15-7, TCU will meet both Nebraska and UNT in competition during the weekend.



Junior Shea Pearson said the team is looking forward to playing Nebraska.



"A lot of the guys are excited to play a team out of state that's from a different conference," Pearson said.

Tennis team takes on three weekend matches

Published Mar 5, 2010

The upcoming weekend is a busy one for the men's and women's tennis teams. The men's team will host the No. 24 Tulsa Golden Hurricane today, and the women will face the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday and the Fighting Illini of the University of Illinois on Sunday.

The men's team boasts a 4-2 record in match play this season. Because of the recent stretch of bad weather, the Horned Frogs haven't played a match in almost two weeks.



Head coach Dave Borelli said Tulsa is probably a better team than its No. 24 ranking indicates.

Men’s basketball plays final game against BYU

Published Mar 5, 2010

The men's basketball team is ready to wrap up the 2009-2010 season with conference action against the No. 14 Brigham Young University Cougars for Senior Night.

In early February, TCU fell to BYU 76-56 on the road in Provo, Utah. The Cougars capitalized on the struggles of the Horned Frogs early in the game. They pulled out a large lead by scoring the first 10 points, holding a double-digit lead for most of the game and stopped the few runs TCU made.

Theft highlights free speech concerns

Published Mar 5, 2010

Some say that any publicity is good publicity. Administrators at Texas A&M University-Commerce may not agree after the university, which doesn't usually appear in headlines, stepped into the national spotlight this week after several publications and blogs, including The Associated Press and ESPN, disseminated comments by its football coach praising players for reportedly stealing hundreds of copies of the school newspaper. The lead story in the newspaper was a report about members of the football team facing drug charges.

TCU men’s basketball falls to BYU in their final home game, 77-107

Published Mar 5, 2010

BYU (28-4, 13-3) won a lopsided contest against the Horned Frogs (13-18, 5-11) Saturday night 107-77.

The Cougars withstood an 18-4 run early in the game by the Frogs to pull out their single season record twenty-eighth win.



TCU head coach Jim Christian said the first five minutes was complete execution by the Frogs.



"We were playing the right way. We guarded the basketball right. Moved the ball. Rebounding the ball and then that was it we should have left," said Christian.



Things fell apart for the Frogs from that point.

Lady Frogs basketball team travels to face BYU

Published Mar 5, 2010

Although the Lady Frogs have already clinched the Mountain West Conference regular season title, they still have more to play for in their final regular season game Saturday.

"Every win is important at this point, because it determines seeding for the NCAA Tournament," said head coach Jeff Mittie. "We are projected to play in that 8-9 game. We can get out of that if we can win some more games."

Faculty and staff adjusting to Scharbauer Hall

Published Mar 5, 2010

Morrison Wong called one of the temporary on-campus trailers his home since 1984 until this semester, when he moved into his new location at Scharbauer Hall, which opened this spring.

The trailer was not actually home, but where his office was located for about 25 years, he said. Wong, chair of the department for sociology and anthropology, said the trailers were supposed to be temporary, but when the master plan for the campus was put together a social science building was never part of it.