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TCU heads to UTA for cross-town showdown

TCU heads to UTA for cross-town showdown

Published Mar 23, 2011

The Horned Frogs will put their all-time undefeated record versus The University of Texas at Arlington to the test Wednesday.

TCU is currently on a two-match winning streak, with their last victory taking place at Rice. The Frogs came back to win that match 4-3 after falling behind early 3-0.

The Frogs are 13-0 against the Mavericks. The teams met every year from 1995 to 2007 before a four-year hiatus leading up to the match this year.

Texas lawmakers propose soda tax

Texas lawmakers propose soda tax

Published Mar 23, 2011

Texas lawmakers are proposing a tax that would increase soda prices one cent per ounce for both diet and regular soft drinks. Brownsville State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. originally introduced the tax as a way to increase the Texas budget while decreasing taxpayers' waistlines.

However, some university students are split when deciding whether the extra 20 cents for a 20-ounce bottle of soda is worth the hit to the pocketbook.

Jersey Mike?s gives back

Published Mar 23, 2011

By simply enjoying a sub sandwich at Jersey Mike's this Friday, TCU students, faculty and staff can help support the Wipe Out Kids' Cancer organization of North Texas.

The program also includes WOKC day on Monday at Jersey Mike's, where customers will receive a free regular sub in exchange for a minimum $1 donation. In addition, the TCU WOKC day on Friday offers the same deal for TCU students and staff only.

Phillies, not a shoo-in for NL pennant

Published Mar 23, 2011

As opening day for Major League Baseball looms closer, don't crown the Philadelphia Phillies as the National League pennant winner just yet. Last year's World Series champion San Francisco Giants are in a good position to make another World Series run, while the NL Central should be an exciting divisional race down to game 162 of the regular season.

Here's a full breakdown of the NL's divisional races:

NL East

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...

Neeley ranked top 100 for Master of Business Administration programs

Published Mar 22, 2011

After the U.S. News & World Report put TCU in the Top 100 for Masters of Business Administration programs, O. Homer Erekson said he was proud of the work put in by all people involved in the school.

Erekson, the John V. Roach Dean at the Neeley School of Business, said, "Our continual upward performance in the U.S. News ranking of top graduate business schools is a testament to our MBA admissions staff to recruit the best students and our faculty to deliver an outstanding master's program in business."

Panel discussion to teach students about religion

Published Mar 22, 2011

After the recent political uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen put the spotlight back in the Middle East, students now have the opportunity to attend a panel to discuss and learn more about the region.

The departments of political science, history, international studies and the AddRan College of Liberal Arts worked to organize Wednesday's panel, which will include three political science professors with different areas of specialty.

Students will be able to ask questions and become more aware of the current issues in the global community.