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Reported sexual assault still under investigation

Published Sep 15, 2009

Campus Police on Monday said they continue to investigate a reported sexual assault on campus.Sgt. Pedro Criado, spokesman for the Fort Worth Police Department, said Fort Worth police are aware of the...

Key players must be strong and healthy for wins

Published Sep 15, 2009

The day all Frog fans had been waiting for with such high expectation came and went, leaving the Frog nation with its first taste of what the 2009 campaign will look like. Both sides of the ball got the...

Team heads north to face off against Colorado College

Team heads north to face off against Colorado College

Published Sep 11, 2009

The Horned Frogs' 2-1 win in Houston Sunday against Rice will be fresh in their minds as they travel to Colorado Springs Friday to take on the Colorado College Tigers.

The Tigers are ranked twenty-third nationally by SoccerAmerica.com after defeating Drake University and Washington State University, but thus far their record is 2-2. With a record of 4-1, the Horned Frogs have garnered more wins statistically, but the history between the two teams has yielded an 8-1 record in favor of the Tigers.

Female student reports sexual assault in residence hall

Published Sep 11, 2009

Editor's note: The headline for this story was revised for accuracy at 2:54 p.m. Sept. 12.

A female student reported that she was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in a campus residence hall, according to a campuswide e-mail sent by TCU Police on Friday.



Campus police on Wednesday received the report about the incident, which was reported to have happened on or about Aug. 30, according to the e-mail.

Free laundry a major benefit for students

Published Sep 11, 2009

Admit it - washing your laundry isn't ever something that you look forward to doing. But at least now there's one less reason to put it off.

This year marks the first time in the university's history that all students living on campus won't have to pay every time they wash a load of laundry.



After years of having to wait until you could scrape together $2 in quarters to wash and dry one load of laundry or having to add to a growing list of send-home charges, campus residents can now do their laundry free of charge at a time that is most convenient for them.

Put the brakes on commuting

Published Sep 11, 2009

Only those of you lucky students who commute to school from your dwellings will feel my pain. The pain of driving from northwest Fort Worth to TCU is an immense undertaking involving stress from other...

Dueling Columns: Sports gurus predict outcome of the Frogs’ season opener

Published Sep 11, 2009

Stronger on each side of the ball, Frogs will easily defeat Virginia

Everyone who is around the Horned Frog football program knows that the team will be ready for the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday. But the Cavaliers will be prepared for the Frogs as well - and they'll be looking for some revenge.



The Frogs are definitely not William & Mary, but Virginia just let a little game against what they thought was a little team fall through the cracks. They'll be waiting to bring the pain of a bad loss down on the Frogs.

U.S. is due for some apologizing

U.S. is due for some apologizing

Published Sep 11, 2009

Lately, many politicians and pundits have said the United States should not apologize for any acts committed by the federal government. In fact, Mitt Romney's new book is titled "No Apology: The Case For...

University heightens camera security on campus

Published Sep 11, 2009

The university has installed new surveillance equipment that will enhance security operations on campus, the TCU Police chief said.

Steve McGee, campus police chief, said that before the new system was installed, the university had five different surveillance systems that it is now trying to phase out. If a crime occurred, it took a long time for the police department to pull up footage, and it slowed investigations down, he said.

Phi Kap regains house and charter after suspension

Published Sep 11, 2009

The university's Beta Theta chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma has not only regained its house and its charter after being suspended during the 2008-2009 academic year, but also won significant awards, the fraternity's president said.

Senior history major and Phi Kappa Sigma president Austin Alexander said the misconduct that caused the fraternity to lose its house included multiple alcohol violations and breaking university policies as well as its own fraternal policies, including alcohol consumption in the fraternity's chapter room.

Registered nurse at the Health Center Cheryl Strange prepares a pre-filled seasonal flu vaccine shot Thursday night. This week the univesity received 28 percent of the 10,300 doses of H1N1 vaccine it had ordered and will administer them to certain students starting Monday.

Non-traditional sports at campus rec left idle

Published Sep 11, 2009

Squash. No, not the gourd. The sport akin to racquetball. Great, now we're on the same page.

There are several sports under-utilized at the University Recreation Center on campus. Among them, we have rock climbing, billiards and the fun-loving, but tacitly skill-involved table tennis.



Now why have these particular activities been so long neglected in the short five-year history of this building? Mainly, it's due to their locations.

Despite economy university endowment remains stable

Published Sep 11, 2009

The university endowment fund took a $200 million hit last year, but its current condition is stable, and even showing signs of improvement, Chancellor Victor Boschini said.

After withstanding the turbulent financial atmosphere of recent months, the funds appear to be in good hands after years of conservative and prudent spending tactics, Boschini wrote in an e-mail Wednesday.



"This enduring policy of fiscal conservatism has helped make TCU as strong as it is today despite the ups and downs of our general economy," Boschini wrote.