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Horned Frogs end losing streak with 62-50 win over Falcons

Published Feb 19, 2009

Head coach Jim Christian told junior forward Zvonko Buljan to pick up the effort for Wednesday night's game against the Air Force Academy at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

Message received.



The junior responded with a game-high 20 points, eight rebounds and five steals in a 62-50 win over the Falcons, snapping a six-game losing streak and putting a wide grin on the Croatian native's face.



"I think we had confidence today," he said. "We played together, and everybody was laughing and smiling and talking to each other."

Facebook revokes new terms of use after backlash

Published Feb 19, 2009

Facebook's chief executive officer announced Wednesday morning that Facebook is reverting to its original terms of use because of negative user feedback about a revision to the terms earlier this month.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, wrote in a Facebook blog post Monday that users license Facebook to use their content when they create an account. According to the original terms of use, this license expired when a user deactivated his or her account.

Athletics tightening belt in response to budget cuts

Published Feb 19, 2009

The athletics department, feeling the pressure of campus-wide budget cuts, is making adjustments with frugality in mind. But a university official said the budget cuts won't affect the performance of the department.

Jack Hesselbrock, associate athletics director for internal relations, said the athletics department will experience the budget cuts starting in June as part of a campus-wide effort to slash 8 percent from the budget. The department is working on minimizing the effects on its teams, Hesselbrock said.

Counterpoint: Licensed gunholders have right to protect selves, others

Published Feb 19, 2009

Some of us are living in denial, even in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre.Thankfully though, not everyone continues to live this way, as Texas Sens. Joe Driver and Jeff Wentworth are drafting legislation...

Point: Guns on campus a risky bet

Published Feb 19, 2009

Being that we spend so much time on a large campus, we get a certain sinking feeling in the pit of our stomachs when violence erupts at another school.

Even though it seems an unlikely event, and God forbid that anything like that would ever happen here, it is a good idea to consider at least once what steps could be taken to protect oneself during an attack.



Proposed solutions in the works in the Texas Legislature are a couple bills that would allow students who are licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons on campus for their protection.

Dining Services should be more upfront about issues

Published Feb 19, 2009

It is a relief that Dining Services is implementing changes to the way it approaches food safety issues. But the fact remains that the peanut butter cracker incident, in which potentially tainted crackers...

Campus to start chapter of French honor society

Published Feb 19, 2009

Parlez-vous francais? If so, you are in luck because a new French honor society is on campus this semester.Candace Ruocco, a senior French and political science major and president of Pi Delta Phi, the...

Dinner honors black pioneers on campus

Published Feb 19, 2009

The idea of building relationships and challenging social norms was reiterated at the African-American Firsts Dinner on Wednesday night at the Kelly Alumni Center.

Inclusiveness and Intercultural Services hosted the dinner, which honored five black TCU pioneers for their individual accomplishments, and celebrated Black History Month.



Ronald Hurdle, who was the university's first black cheerleader, said he didn't realize he was paving the way for future students at the time.

Aggies beat men’s tennis team 4-3

Published Feb 19, 2009

As the sun set Wednesday night on the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, so did the men's tennis team's hopes for a victory against a state rival.

The No. 34-ranked tennis squad lost its first home match of the season to No. 14 Texas A&M University, 4-3. The men's record now stands at 1-4 for spring dual matches. The road won't get any easier, as the team will play each of their next seven matches against teams with national rankings of No. 56 or better, including five top-26 squads.

’25 things’ list silly, lighthearted fun

Published Feb 18, 2009

Facebook aficionados around the world are well versed in the posts of 25 random things. Participants on Facebook list 25 things about their lives that friends might not know and tag 25 people so they can do the same. It's just another thing to do online when you're bored, feel silly or have an inkling that someone wants to know 25 random things about you.

Not everyone is taking the posts lightheartedly. A recent Time Magazine article titled "25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You" said the game is completely "stupid."

Letter to the Editor: Laptop bans unreasonable, inconsiderate

Published Feb 18, 2009

While reading The Skiff View in Tuesday's paper titled "Laptops should not be banned from the classroom" I was reminded of a recent incident in one of my classes.A student asked the professor if he would...

Athletes pressured into taking steroids

Published Feb 18, 2009

Major League Baseball fans need to calm down and take a step back from the absolute media frenzy surrounding the steroid scandals.

It was difficult to accept that Alex Rodriguez was using steroids when he was the overpaid star of my beloved Texas Rangers. How could this man whom millions of fans adore and admire take performance-enhancing drugs? Perhaps a better question is how could he not.