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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.

Mormon Church should stay consistent in its beliefs

Published Nov 13, 2009

The Bible has been under scrutiny for centuries. Many of those who claim to follow the Bible's guidelines are considered oppressive, ignorant and closed-minded. Now, at least two of those adjectives can be removed from the Mormon Church's description.

Mormonism has long been known for its inconsistency and its vehement lack of acceptance.



However, the Mormon Church, which is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, supported a city law Tuesday that banned discrimination against homosexuals in their rights to housing and jobs, according to a USA Today article.

Journalists lack economic know-how

Published Nov 13, 2009

Sometimes it's good to be a journalism major. Seeing stories like Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's, which exposed the Watergate scandal, make me proud to one day be able to call myself a journalist. However, journalism frequently disappoints me, especially when it tries to talk economics.

Take a recent Associated Press article, "Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers." The article claimed that companies were going to hire fewer people because productivity has been going up, so fewer employees are needed, and therefore unemployment would go up.

Satire: 2012 apocalypse a likely occurrence

Satire: 2012 apocalypse a likely occurrence

Published Nov 13, 2009

It is about time someone accurately depicts the end of the world.

Today, the long anticipated movie "2012" hits theaters and will tell the story of how the world will come to an end in a little more than two years.



But how could that be fair at all? Society won't get to witness the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. What will our next president accomplish? Freshmen, we won't even be able to graduate.

University makes extra preparations for Utah game

University makes extra preparations for Utah game

Published Nov 13, 2009

The preparations around the university's sold out football game Saturday is a "total campus effort," university officials said.

Five different broadcasts, including ESPN College GameDay, will be streaming from campus before, during and after the game and that requires some extra planning, said Ross Bailey, associate athletics director of operations.



"The university will have installed 80 phone lines by the time the whole weekend is over for all of these groups," Bailey said.

New attendance rankings use enrollment numbers

New attendance rankings use enrollment numbers

Published Nov 13, 2009

By most accounts, TCU's attendance has been nothing to write home about. However, one Horned Frog blogger thinks a more fair method of looking at attendance should be considered.

The Purple Wimple, author of the TCU blog of the same name (wimplefrogs.blogspot.com), devised a ranking system comparing average football attendance to the schools' enrollment for the BCS Top 25 ranked teams on Nov. 2. The Frogs finished second, only behind Notre Dame.

Q&A: New Athletics Director talks plans for the future

Q&A: New Athletics Director talks plans for the future

Published Nov 12, 2009

In October, Christopher Del Conte was hired to replaced Danny Morrison as the university's athletics director. Del Conte had served as the director of intercollegiate athletics for Rice University since...

Mindless threats to Muslim community undeserved

Published Nov 12, 2009

The university got a little more personal with its observance of Veterans Day this year. Instead of limiting itself to a lunch like it did last year, staff at the Office of Inclusiveness and Intercultural...

Local barber shop sticks to its roots

Local barber shop sticks to its roots

Published Nov 12, 2009

Walking up to the front door of Fox's Barber Shop, a half-century fades from the annals of haircutting history. An old-fashioned barber pole is the only thing that indicates the presence of a barber shop, tucked away just across the Sandage Avenue commuter and faculty lot since 1957.

Walk inside Fox's and the only tip-off to customers that they haven't experienced a time warp is the color television - even though the TV is at least a quarter century old.

SGA announces members of 2010 executive board

SGA announces members of 2010 executive board

Published Nov 12, 2009

Junior Marlon Figueroa was named Student Government Association president Wednesday along with sophomore Jackie Wheeler as vice president, Chase Bruton as treasurer and Alex Collins as Programming Council chair.

"I was nervous up until the very last minute because all eight of us who ran for elections are great people and very qualified," Figueroa said. "But I am so excited to be president because I put my whole heart into it."

Council creates ‘Winter Wonderland’ for community

Published Nov 12, 2009

Students and families in the community will have an opportunity to celebrate the holiday season in another way this December, an Interfraternity Council official said.

IFC President Evan Berlin said the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc., the National Multicultural Greek Council, Inc. and Programming Council are working together to create an event called "Winter Wonderland."



The event will be a safe and fun alternative way for children in the local community to see holiday lights, Berlin said.

Students show support for Veterans at celebration

Students show support for Veterans at celebration

Published Nov 12, 2009

The university's Veterans Day celebration allowed students to write messages and post pictures to honor veterans and current members of the armed services.

Allie Garner, a junior broadcast journalism major and cadet in Air Force ROTC, said the large wall of honor provided students with a way to remember and support friends and family that have served or are away serving the country.