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Eta Iota Sigma to participate in HIV/AIDS benefit run

Eta Iota Sigma to participate in HIV/AIDS benefit run

Published Mar 24, 2011

With 85 women participating in Joe's Run, one of Fort Worth's biggest charity runs and benefitting homeless men and women with HIV/AIDS, Eta Iota Sigma sorority will have the second biggest team in Saturday's race.

HIS Vice President Katie McGee said she thought Joe's Run is a good way to do philanthropy and get involved. McGee, a junior strategic communication and film-television-digital media double major, said it is the sorority's third year to be involved in the run.

Frogs to take on Houston Cougars Friday

Frogs to take on Houston Cougars Friday

Published Mar 24, 2011

Head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle said he never doubted his teams attitude or effort, but a win over the Texas State Bobcats Tuesday evening may have taken some of the steam out of his doubts regarding No. 14 TCU's situational intelligence and execution going into TCU's weekend series.

The Horned Frogs (13-7) will face the University of Houston Cougars (11-11) in a three-game series beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Times’ fees push readers away

Published Mar 24, 2011

I don't read The New York Times. Given that many students pay for a subscription to The Wall Street Journal in student fees and that the BBC and Reuters offer more up-to-date articles on practically everything...

Facebook redeems itself as emergency communication

Published Mar 24, 2011

Finally, Facebook "stalkers" may have helped someone out.

Facebook users employ it as a distraction, a photo album, a networking tool and even sometimes as a joke. Never would I have thought that Facebook could potentially be a life-saver as well.

According to a March 18 Associated Press article, Nitesh Bhakta, a 20-year-old Georgia college student, saved his family from masked intruders when he asked for help via his Facebook status.

Weekend sports preview

Published Mar 24, 2011

Equestrian The No. 8 Horned Frogs will close their regular season at home tomorrow against No. 4 Oklahoma State. "Oklahoma State is a strong team and this will give us a good chance to get ready for April...

Panel discussion takes rare stance

Published Mar 24, 2011

On Wednesday, three TCU political science professors, Manochehr Dorraj, Ralph Carter and Michael Dodson, hosted a panel about the recent uprisings in the Middle East. The professors said they wanted to provide a proper context as to why these events were occurring so students could be informed on an issue that most know little about.

The major point of discussion was about just how essential social media websites, like Facebook and Twitter, have been in organizing protests as well as in keeping open lines of communication with other resistance members.

Introspective of an iPod: Musical philosophy with John Harris

Introspective of an iPod: Musical philosophy with John Harris

Published Mar 24, 2011

The intellectual journey of philosophy is definitely the road less traveled by TCU undergraduate students. Every year, the university awards degrees to a handful of brave souls who have spent nearly half...

Time was right for TCU to part ways with Jim Christian

Published Mar 24, 2011

As the men's basketball team hung with BYU two weeks ago, it was evident: TCU could care. The players could win. Fans would watch. And last week, basking in the afterglow of a 64-58 loss to the then-No....

TCU men?s golf team ties for fourth

Published Mar 23, 2011

The TCU men's golf team tied for fourth place at the National Invitational Tournament played at OMNI Tucson National Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz.

The Horned Frogs combined to play 4-under par golf during Tuesday's final round for a 284-stroke total, which was the second-lowest score among the 15-squad field. TCU shared fourth place with No. 30 Indiana while finishing 17 strokes behind the tournament champion, No. 46 Tulsa (+11). The final round was played on the par-72, 7,245-yard Catalina Course.

Crespo represents TCU in NCAA's after 2008 Olympic debut

Crespo represents TCU in NCAA’s after 2008 Olympic debut

Published Mar 23, 2011

Junior Edgar Crespo said he began swimming lessons in his native Panama at the age of nine because his mother was scared for his safety in the swimming pool at his new school.

His mother probably didn't realize she had kicked off the beginnings of Crespo's Olympic swimming career.

Crespo said he didn't want to swim at first because he was overwhelmed by the size of the pool. As he started to learn different styles of swimming, he said he began to like it.

Internet offers valauble exchange of ideas

Published Mar 23, 2011

Everybody isn't doing it, but the majority is.

At least that's what it appears to be from the results of a Pew Research Center study conducted during the 2010 midterm elections. According to the study, 73 percent of adult Internet users went online in 2010 to get news or information about the 2010 midterm elections or to get involved in the campaign in some way.

The Internet has revolutionized political activity in a positive way by giving the common person access to everything from campaign progress to donation possibilities to fact-checking.

TCU women’s tennis stretches winning streak to 3

Published Mar 23, 2011

The TCU women's tennis team stretched its win streak to three matches after a 5-2 win over UT-Arlington at the UTA Tennis Center. The Frogs improved their season mark to 5-6. The 59th-ranked Mavericks...