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Letter to the Editor: Construction exacerbates parking problem

Published Jan 13, 2010

After three weeks of holiday comfort food and home cooking, the first stop on my list after I got back to TCU was the campus Rec Center. I was looking forward to finally snagging a great parking space with almost no competition.

Unfortunately, once I arrived at the site, I was greeted, not by a practically empty parking lot, but by a fenced-off mound of dirt and gravel.



I was even more chagrined to learn that the lot wasn't just temporarily closed for paving: it was being replaced with a new administration building.

Parking closure lacked prompt warning

Published Jan 13, 2010

For the past few years, TCU has been proactive in building and remodeling infrastructure. This helps maintain a campus that current students can be proud of and prospective students can admire. However,...

Mayor Moncrief honors bet with Boises Bieter

Mayor Moncrief honors bet with Boise’s Bieter

Published Jan 13, 2010

Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief wore a Boise State Broncos football jersey and hat to the first City Council meeting of 2010 Tuesday night after losing a bet to Boise Mayor David Bieter.

The mayors agreed that whoever supported the Fiesta Bowl's losing team would have to wear the winning team's jersey and hat to the next City Council meeting and be photographed as proof. Because TCU lost 17-10, Moncrief donned a Boise jersey and hat.

GRE may come with new scoring system and content

Published Jan 13, 2010

Aspiring graduate students planning to take the Graduate Record Exam or GRE in 2011 might take a new, reformatted version of the test featuring a new scoring system and changes in test content.

The Education Testing Service, the nonprofit institution that administers the GRE, announced its plans to change the test at a December meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in San Francisco, according to an article by The New York Times. More than 600,000 graduate school hopefuls take the GRE each year.

Study abroad official remembered by colleagues

Study abroad official remembered by colleagues

Published Jan 13, 2010

The university's study abroad program is one staff member short following the death of its TCU in Florence coordinator, Harry Antrim, in December.Jane Kucko, director of the Center for International Studies:...

Students leave university in wake of drug bust

Students leave university in wake of drug bust

Published Jan 12, 2010

Updated at 12:13 a.m. on Jan. 12.


Three men arrested during a December drug sweep are no longer enrolled at the university, according to the Office of Communications.

Lisa Albert, director of communications at the university, wrote in an e-mail that she cannot share specific details about why the men - Timothy Hand, Cameron Abelson and David Harrell - are no longer students.



Harrell and Hand wrote in separate e-mails that they chose to leave the university. Abelson's circumstances are unclear.

Students choose lounges over dorms

Published Jan 12, 2010

While the option was open for students to relocate out of converted lounge spaces or tripled rooms in university dormitories this semester, some students like Alison Deathe chose not to leave.

Deathe, a freshman fashion merchandising major, lived in a tripled room in Foster Hall last fall and was contacted during the fall about available vacancies, but declined the option to move.



"I was e-mailed about vacancies, but chose to stay where I am," Deathe said. "Space is an issue, but I love living in a triple and living with my friends."

Upcoming basketball game offers a challenge for the Horned Frogs

Upcoming basketball game offers a challenge for the Horned Frogs

Published Jan 12, 2010

The men's basketball team will face the Wyoming Cowboys tonight at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum after dropping a game against Utah on Saturday.

"It's important for us to win our home games to have a good season," said head coach Jim Christian. "We just want to keep playing well and get off to a good start in Mountain West Conference play."



The Horned Frogs enter the game with an 8-8 record overall and a 1-1 record in conference play. The team won its first conference game of the season against Air Force 59-50, but fell in its second to Utah 65-45.

Tight airport security stalls traveling students

Published Jan 12, 2010

Junior electrical engineering major Eddie Udegbe had never had problems flying back to Fort Worth from his home in Nigeria.That changed Friday.Udegbe underwent questioning and was held by immigration officers...

Albertsons closed, Kroger on the way

Albertsons closed, Kroger on the way

Published Jan 12, 2010

Renovations for the new Kroger grocery store on South University Drive will be complete in the early summer, a Kroger spokesman said.

Gary Huddleston, director of consumer affairs for Kroger Food Stores, said the company will take possession of the former Albertsons' building March 1 and will begin renovations immediately. The company is in the process of drawing up blueprints, and the renovations are expected to take three months, he said.

Q&A: Patterson thanks fans for a great season

Q&A: Patterson thanks fans for a great season

Published Jan 12, 2010

Closing the season with a 12-1 record, Frog football Head Coach Gary Patterson sat down with the Skiff to discuss the 2009 campaign and the program as a whole. Patterson has been a coach at the university...