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Women's basketball needs men at practice

Women’s basketball needs men at practice

Published Oct 22, 2008

As the women's basketball team prepares for the season, it needs more players for its practice squad, the team's video coordinator said.

The team needs four or five players to round out the squad, said Adam Call, the team's video coordinator.



Mack Haisten, a junior finance and entrepreneurial management major, plays basketball on the squad. Haisten started playing on the squad during his freshman year.

Going green becoming too political

Published Oct 22, 2008

Don't get me wrong. I enjoy going outside and seeing the birds and trees. I also enjoy having clean air and nice green grass to play backyard football on. However, the whole direction the green movement has taken is what I take issue with. No longer is it about using fewer resources and becoming more environmentally friendly. It has become a socialist movement bent on blaming private business and corporations and trying to get them shut down.

Whenever anyone talks about "going green" nowadays, it's all about what we have to give up to save our planet earth.

SGA president vetoes resolution supporting new Neeley students

Published Oct 22, 2008

Student Government Association President Thomas Pressly vetoed a resolution that passed by a close roll call vote at Tuesday's House meeting.Neeley School of Business representatives introduced a resolution...

Wind energy should replace coal

Published Oct 22, 2008

I discovered my favorite eye shadow last winter. It's black as night and appropriately named coal. One of my favorite movies is "Coal Miner's Daughter," in which the hard working, humble family of a coal miner romanticizes the dark sedimentary rock. Those are the only two things I like that have the word "coal."

By 2012, coal plants in the United States, China and India are expected to emit an extra 2.5 to 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide, according to a study cited in the textbook Contemporary Environmental Issues by TCU environmental sciences professor Michael Slattery.

Neeley hopeful despite economic crisis

Published Oct 22, 2008

Financial companies are shedding jobs across the nation, but the Neeley School of Business expects MBA applications to continue to increase, a Neeley official said.

Bill Cron, associate dean for graduate programs, said it's too early in the application cycle at the Neeley school to determine any increases, but he feels confident that applications will increase as they have in the past.

University an early voting site for county

Published Oct 22, 2008

The university will be one of eight temporary early voting locations in Tarrant County starting next week, a TCU official said.

Early voting will be located near the 1873 Grill in the Brown-Lupton University Union starting Monday, said Cyndi Walsh, assistant dean of Student Development Services. Tarrant County election officials will be monitoring early voting on campus, Walsh said.

Dining Services implements new technology to reduce waste

Published Oct 22, 2008

Students' uneaten food may soon find its way into pigs' bellies, thanks to efforts by Dining Services to reduce waste on campus.

Legia Abato, district marketing manager for Dining Services, said Dining Services is using a new machine called a pulper to help reduce the amount of waste. The pulper grinds and blends food scraps and other waste products and turns them into an organic compost material.



Dining Services is in the process of finding a pig farmer to take the material, which can be used as animal feed, Abato said.

Curb the addiction; Caffeine is dangerous

Published Oct 22, 2008

My name is Libby Davis, and I have a drug addiction.

No, it's not as serious as you think. Caffeine is my drug of choice as I am sure it is yours as well. In college, it's probably the safest drug available and when combined with heavy workloads and sleepless nights, it serves a good purpose - most of the time.



Last year, I was a bookworm to the extreme. I spent most of my time in my room studying and only relied on the occasional coffee or espresso to stave off the sleep I made sure to get.

Coach: focus needs to be on remaining games not on hunt for possible BCS bowl game

Coach: focus needs to be on remaining games not on hunt for possible BCS bowl game

Published Oct 22, 2008

Gary Patterson told reporters at Tuesday's media conference that he doesn't like three letter words - meaning, of course, the acronyms "BYU" and "BCS."

Those acronyms put TCU in the center of the national college football stage last week after the Frogs' 32-7 home win against Brigham Young University, which left them ranked No. 14 in the Bowl Championship Series' first ratings of the season.



Patterson said he wants to move on and continue toward the team's ultimate goal - winning the conference title.

Director candidate: journalism still needed

Published Oct 21, 2008

Although some believe that journalism is on its deathbed, certain inevitable truths regarding human nature will keep journalism alive and healthy in the future, a Detroit Free Press editor said Monday...

Concert to benefit social justice awareness

Published Oct 21, 2008

TCU's own Tim Halperin and other musical artists will be performing today in the Campus Commons to increase awareness and raise funds for global social justice.

The TCU chapter of Amnesty International, campus organization Invisible Children and TOMS shoes have come together to host "Invisible Soles Event of Justice," a social justice concert event, in the hopes of increasing visibility on campus and energizing the student population into action, said Alexis Branaman, a junior international communications and strategic communication major.

Presidential debates end with nothing said

Published Oct 21, 2008

If you had the misfortune of setting time aside to watch the three presidential debates and could actually pick out a policy or plan that either candidate supported, then I applaud you. The three debates were nothing more than chances for the two candidates to size one another up, all while hurling insults back and forth and stumbling over their proposed plans for America's future. All the debates showed me was that both were fighting for the common man.