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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...

Patterson credits sticking to the same system for maximizing player potential

Published Mar 23, 2011

Head football coach Gary Patterson credited the natural talent of his players for the recent ESPN The Magazine No. 1 ranking of TCU football for developing top National Football League talent.

"They already have the potential," Patterson said. "All we can do is just make them the best player they can be."

Patterson said he hasn't even figured out what the NFL wants.

Recently, ESPN The Magazine senior writer Bruce Feldman ranked TCU No. 1 nationally for its ability to develop NFL talent.

Drunk driving devices are not effective prevention

Published Mar 23, 2011

It's late on a Thursday night and you've been out with your friends, probably consuming a few too many piña coladas or whatever your drink of choice is. As you place your key in the ignition and turn, the usual purr of the engine is unmistakably absent. Nothing is mechanically wrong with your car, but your all-night alcoholic consumption is the culprit of this dilemma.

According to a March 10 Star-Telegram article, devices that would prevent a car from starting if the driver is under the influence of alcohol could be a feature on new cars for Americans in the near future.

Panel: Social media helps spur revolution in Middle East

Published Mar 23, 2011

In a panel with three political science professors, students discussed the use and necessity of social media outlets to cause and to help continue the protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen.

Each panelist gave a 25-minute lecture, which presented the uprisings in the Middle East from the point of view of their specialty. After all three panelists finished, they opened the floor to the audience for questions.

SGA to fund Alice Walker’s visit

Published Mar 22, 2011

A bill allocating funding to the "Compassion and Justice Consultation" with special guest Alice Walker was passed Tuesday night in the House of Student Representatives.

According to the bill, SGA will allocate $10,000 to support the event scheduled from April 28 through May 1 at TCU.

Melanie Harris, professor of religion and advocate for the event, said bringing Alice Walker would further TCU's mission statement to help educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders in the global community.

TCU wins against Texas State Bobcats 3-1

TCU wins against Texas State Bobcats 3-1

Published Mar 22, 2011

Twelve hits allowed the No. 14 Horned Frogs to reach their 13th win on the season as they overpowered the Texas State Bobcats (15-5) Tuesday evening at Lupton Stadium by a score of 3-1. Despite trailing Texas State for the majority of the game, head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle said he was very proud of TCU's effort, especially on offense.

"It's been a while since I've been as impressed with a group of hitters in this park under these conditions as I have with these guys," Schlossnagle said.

Alumna living in Japan says food, gasoline in short supply

Published Mar 22, 2011

More than a week has passed since the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, but TCU alumna Jessica Fleming, who lives in Japan, said there was still inadequate access to food and gasoline.

Fleming, who lives in Shiogama, a city about 10 miles east of the city of Sendai, which was 80 miles from the quake's epicenter, said that compared to the citizens who were homeless and those who were located within the 50-mile radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, she and her fiancé's family were doing "A-OK."

Walker’s visit to campus a sound investment

Published Mar 22, 2011

Student Government Association's vote to allocate $10,000 to support the "Compassion and Justice Consultation" April 28 through May 1 was more than appropriate 8212; it was a necessary step for SGA to...

Gender neutral language is overkill

Published Mar 22, 2011

Manpower. Human-power. Salesman. Salesperson. History. Herstory.

Genderless language now has also found its way into the 2011 translation of the New International Version Bible.

According to a March 17 story from the Associated Press, the translation changes phrases such as, "If anyone says, "I love God,' yet hates his brother, he is a liar," 1 John 4:20 (NIV 1984) to "brother or sister."

TCU should embrace DOC covenant

Published Mar 22, 2011

In the days following the TCU Rose Bowl victory in which declamatory billboards from "little sisters of the poor" popped up across Columbus, Ohio, armchair moralists had to inquire: Is rubbing Horned Frog success in the face of doubters a Christian thing to do?

While hopefully in good fun, the billboards nonetheless caused outside observers to ask after the elusive middle word in the TCU acronym: Christian. The TCU student body ought to ask after the same thing. What is TCU's Christian identity, and why is it steadfastly important?

Facebook breakup app is just plain creepy

Published Mar 22, 2011

How would you like to be the first to know when that boy or girl you have been pining for is now "single" 8212; or "it's complicated" or "in an open relationship?" You can be the first to know and the first to swoop in, comforting them 8212; or something like that.

Well, thanks to the new Facebook Breakup Notifier app, now you can. "You like someone. They're in a relationship. Be the first to know when they're out of it," boasts the tagline on the app's website.

Students spend break homeless

Published Mar 22, 2011

While some students spent spring break relaxing at home, a group of university students decided to spend their break being homeless. Each year the Center for Community Involvement and Service-Learning...