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Tuition up 6.2 percent for 2010-11 school year

Published Nov 17, 2009

The board of trustees voted to raise tuition to $30,000 a year for the 2010-11 school year, a 6.2 percent increase over the tuition in 2009-2010 and about a 30 percent cost increase during the past four years. During the 2006-07 school year students paid $22,980.

Chancellor Victor Boschini said the 6.2 percent increase will go to increasing financial aid and the number of professors on campus. The board also voted to increase financial aid by the same percentage, according to a campuswide e-mail sent by Boschini.

Q&A: mtvU Woodie Award nominees talk music

Q&A: mtvU Woodie Award nominees talk music

Published Nov 17, 2009

The 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards will acknowledge artists who have made an impact on college audiences for its sixth year on Nov. 18. Eric Conte, executive producer of the Woodie Awards, said the Woodies are...

Live from Amon Carter: TCU vs. Utah chat

Published Nov 14, 2009

Join staff reporter Cameron Lakey for a live chat during the TCU vs. Utah football game. Come chat about the game and give your commentary on the Frogs' performance. The chat will open at 6:30 p.m. and...

Horned Frogs take Utes, BCS dream still alive

Horned Frogs take Utes, BCS dream still alive

Published Nov 14, 2009

TCU kept its hopes of a BCS bowl alive Saturday night, beating No. 16 ranked Utah 55-28 before a sold out crowd.The announced crowd of 50,307, the largest ever at Amon G. Carter Stadium, watched the Frogs...

Community should back Frogs all season long

Published Nov 13, 2009

It's a great year to be a Frog fan. The football team is currently No. 4 in the nation and garnering national attention. The university even sold out the Amon Carter Stadium for Saturday's game against the Utah Utes. Purple is in again.

But in reality, purple should have never gone out. Why is it that it took most of the semester to sell out the stadium? For that matter, why didn't the university even come close?

Skiff College Football Pick’em: Student Publications picks the winners

Published Nov 13, 2009

The student publications pick'em team is back for more college football action. Each participant will get one point for a correctly selected win out of the chosen games and two points for an upset pick. The standings remain the same this week with News Now reporter Maddy Foxx leading with 35 points followed by Skiff editor-in-chief David Hall right behind with 33 points. Skiff reporter Mary Sue Greenleaf is in third place with 31 points followed by Skiff sports editor Travis L. Brown with 29 points.

Leadership students use blog to showcase issues

Published Nov 13, 2009

Drunk driving prevention programs aimed at high school students have a disconnect between adult perceptions of the problem and the real-life situations teens today face, according to one student.

Emily Taylor, a senior accounting major and Chancellor's Leadership Program member, is attempting to end the rift in these perceptions caused by the generation gap with the help of a blog, which is a new requirement for CLP students this semester.

Dueling Columns: Will Utah game resemble last season?

Published Nov 13, 2009

Atmosphere is just right for high quality Frog performanceTo say Saturday's game against Utah would be the turning-point night in the Frogs' season was an understatement the minute the purple clad warriors...

Fraternity members compete in pancake eating challenge

Fraternity members compete in pancake eating challenge

Published Nov 13, 2009

Fraternity members got a taste of what Adam Richman experiences on the Travel Channel show "Man v. Food" as they took on the Ol' South Pancake House Mega Stack Challenge on Thursday night. None of the 18 participants completed the challenge.

A stack of eight fresh-off-the-griddle buttermilk pancakes, each about 12 inches in diameter, was set in front of each participant. The first person to finish his stack within an hour would have the menu item named in his honor as well as a photo on a wall of honor at the restaurant.

Students raise tuition use concerns at meeting

Published Nov 13, 2009

Student leaders raised concerns about transparency regarding the destination of 10 percent of the university's tuition cost at a board of trustees meeting Thursday night in the Kelly Alumni Center.Intercom,...

Emergency phone installed for better visibility

Emergency phone installed for better visibility

Published Nov 13, 2009

An emergency "blue light" phone that is taller than average has been installed in the main Worth Hills parking lot so that students can spot it more easily, a Physical Plant official said.

Harold Leeman, associate director of major projects, said the emergency phone in the main Worth Hills parking lot was made taller than the others because of the large number of SUVs parked in the lot.



"We were afraid that the normal phone might get hidden behind a car," Leeman said.

Many reasons for attendance woes, future uncertain

Many reasons for attendance woes, future uncertain

Published Nov 13, 2009

On Halloween, as the then BCS No. 6-ranked Horned Frogs took on University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Versus cameramen panned to rows upon rows of unoccupied seats, exposing a huge flaw for TCU's nationally prominent football team, now ranked fourth in the nation.

The average home attendance for the 2009 season currently stands at 34,247 fans, about 77 percent of the stadium's total capacity of 44,358 people. While Saturday's game against the University of Utah is sold out, the Horned Frogs' last home sellout was in 2006 against Texas Tech, more than three years ago.