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Frogs get geared to face Virginia

Published Sep 10, 2009

It's been 264 days since TCU played a football game that meant something, but this weekend the Frogs begin a new campaign against Virginia.Coach Gary Patterson spoke Tuesday about the team's upcoming...

LA critic to judge local art exhibition

Published Sep 10, 2009

A Los Angeles art critic is the talk of the town for 22 regional artists.

David Pagel writes regularly for the Los Angeles Times and is the juror for the 27th annual Art in the Metroplex exhibition held Sept. 1 through Oct. 1 in the J.M. Moudy Art Gallery.



Mark Thistlethwaite, an art history professor, said he believes the university's credibility and the opportunity to see what's going on within the region are what attract nationally acclaimed jurors to the exhibition.

University to use Texas Common Application to make submission easier

Published Sep 9, 2009

Applying to college can be a daunting and tedious task. This year, the university plans to help ease the process.According to ApplyTexas.org, the university joined 46 other Texas colleges in using the...

Students come together to celebrate Beatles Day on campus

Students come together to celebrate Beatles Day on campus

Published Sep 9, 2009

The band that took us down to strawberry fields and reminded us that all we need is love is back and remastered.

Beatles fans everywhere will revisit their favorite classic songs today with the release of all the Fab Four's CDs remastered, and the university is commemorating the event with its own unofficial Beatles Day on campus, said Brad Thompson, student activities coordinator.



The university will have "The Beatles: Rock Band" available for students to play, which also comes out today, along with a screening of the film "A Hard Day's Night," Thompson said.

Obamas address to students an honest message

Obama’s address to students an honest message

Published Sep 9, 2009

A presidential address to American students about the importance of staying in school is not indoctrination. With 6.2 million high school dropouts (according to CNN) in 2007, we should be more concerned about having a society that keeps students in school so that they can realize their potential than we should be about the evil President Barack Obama turning poor, innocent children into liberal demons.

New program to inform students about study abroad

Published Sep 9, 2009

The Center for International Studies: TCU Abroad has introduced the new Veteran International Student Ambassador Program for returning students looking to share their experiences with potential student globetrotters beginning this fall.

Lisa Ellor, study abroad coordinator, wrote in an e-mail that the initiative, also called the VISA Corps, aims to draw on the exposure study abroad alums receive during their travels in order to inform and assist other university students.

Lack of parking spaces escalates to frustration

Lack of parking spaces escalates to frustration

Published Sep 9, 2009

Looking for a parking space on campus? No problem. Just make your way to the commuter parking lots by 8 a.m. before they fill up. Don't have class until 9 a.m.? No worries there either. There are always the parking lots by the football stadium.

The parking situation on campus has long been a topic of complaint among those who frequent the lots, but this semester it has reached a new level of hair-pulling frustration. Finding a convenient spot close to the building you need has become nearly impossible. Even the overflow lot on Sandage Avenue has been full at peak times.

Boschini: University on solid financial ground

Boschini: University on solid financial ground

Published Sep 9, 2009

This year's convocation had a different tone than most.

"Spread the love, I'm going back to the sixties," said Chancellor Victor Boschini as he commenced Fall Convocation where he discussed how the economic downturn has been affecting the university and its plans to move forward strategically and remain on solid financial grounds.



Boschini began the event by welcoming the class of 2013.

Patterson addresses media in first luncheon of the season

Published Sep 9, 2009

Football coach Gary Patterson held his first media luncheon of the year Tuesday afternoon and discussed Saturday's game at Virginia with reporters from several media outlets.Patterson said he is ready for the season opener.

"For me, because of watching everyone else play (last weekend), it raised my intensity for this ballgame because I got to watch everyone else play plus had a little bit more time (to prepare,)" Patterson said.

Going green not just for lefties

Going green not just for lefties

Published Sep 9, 2009

Ever since Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" came out in 2006, environmentalism has been a political issue.

As well it should. The environment should be on the minds of politicians worldwide. But the wrong people are getting credit for the idea in the first place.



I've found that it's assumed that environmentalist and liberal are synonyms, and that's just not true.

Volleyball loses in fifth set in I-30 duel

Published Sep 9, 2009

Harvard red and navy blue are two colors blemished all over the record book of the TCU-SMU series that dates back to 1996.Although a lot has changed since the last meeting in 2001, Southern Methodist prevailed...

Students conduct study on effects of energy drinks

Published Sep 9, 2009

Are energy drinks really that different from Coca-Cola?

Melody Phillips, an assistant professor of kinesiology, and her team of six students, both graduate and undergraduate, are trying to find out through a research study that began in April.



The study began with a senior research project.



"A student brought a paper to me, a research paper from a journal, that investigated the influence of Red Bull, a popular energy drink, on exercise performance and memory performance," Phillips said.