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Review: Fringe hits everyday anxieties through sci-fi depictions

Review: ‘Fringe’ hits everyday anxieties through sci-fi depictions

Published Oct 1, 2008

Television networks have always seemed to have a strange love affair with science fiction. They love adding new sci-fi shows every year, then cancelling them unless they don't immediately draw "Heroes"-size audiences, blaming it on the writers for not hooking viewers fast enough.

NBC's decision to cancel the under-promoted "Journeyman" last season and yet keep "Lipstick Jungle" is an example of such a decision that still makes me want to scream and throw things in the general direction of my screen.

University clinic hopes to gain insight on brain injuries’ impact on speech

Published Oct 1, 2008

For most people, it takes a lot of time and work to become fluent in a second language.

For some, it takes a brain injury.



TCU speech pathologist Maria Munoz knows a case.



"A student of mine had a brother who had a traumatic brain injury, so one day the mom walks into the hospital to see her injured son and realizes he's speaking French," Munoz said. "The funny thing is he wasn't fluent in French. He'd studied it a little in high school and college, but he wasn't fluent."

Review: Mini Cooper S a fun ride with mini flaws

Published Oct 1, 2008

WHEEE!This is what you will say every time you drive a Mini Cooper S. The whole car just feels like the coolest gadget in the world, except this gadget can do 0-60 in under seven seconds and can get more...

SGA grants treasurer more authority

Published Oct 1, 2008

Student Government Association House of representatives butted heads with one another in Tuesday's meeting over a bill that would shift authority from the president to the treasurer in appointing the Activities...

Review: Eagle Eye stimulating criticism of Bush administration

Review: ‘Eagle Eye’ stimulating criticism of Bush administration

Published Oct 1, 2008

As a senior in high school, I wrote my research paper on George Orwell's 1984, which explores the idea of "Big Brother" and the principle that someone is always watching. If "Eagle Eye" had come out a...

Programming Council to debut new events at Family Weekend

Published Oct 1, 2008

Programming Council will incorporate new events into Family Weekend with the TCU Stars talent show and a lecture series.

Danae Spencer, Programming Council member and Family Weekend director, said SGA Adviser Kim Appel suggested making the performance part of Family Weekend because of its success last year.



TCU Stars was started last year by junior music major Christa Bentley and junior music education major Claire Stewart as a fundraiser for the professional music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon and the Music Educators Organization.

Beware of Facebook hunts

Published Oct 1, 2008

A job applicant can have an outstanding resume, chat through a prime interview and look so professional that even Donald Trump would be envious. But if he or she looks like a fool on Facebook, all that...

Patterson: Conference victories a priority

Patterson: Conference victories a priority

Published Oct 1, 2008

After a loss on the road to the nation's now-No. 1 ranked football team, the Horned Frogs are looking forward to Saturday's home conference game, head coach Gary Patterson said at Tuesday's press conference.

The upcoming game against San Diego State University presents an opportunity to go 2-0 in the conference, to work on some things and to get back to winning, Patterson said. He added that since the beginning of the season, the team's priority has been the Mountain West Conference championship.

Christian bookstore’s pulling of magazine a step back from women’s rights

Published Oct 1, 2008

Gospel Today Magazine was pulled off the shelves of LifeWay Christian Bookstores last week because of this month's cover image, according to a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Fayetteville, Ga.-published magazine featured five women pastors on its cover. The bookstore chain owners, the Southern Baptist Convention, took issue with this image.

It is disappointing that the gender bias in ministries is still raging.

Men’s basketball to gain exposure on ESPN2

Published Oct 1, 2008

Editor's note: This story was edited at 4 p.m. Wednesday for accuracy.It's official; the men's basketball team will be heading to the Indiana University to play in a game broadcast nationally on ESPN2...

Different perceptions of nature should be unified for green living

Published Oct 1, 2008

I thought I knew nature. I grew up in a rural area on a large patch of land and thought I had it covered: the birds, bees, deer, coyotes, frogs, turtles, a few ponds, lots of trees and a huge garden.

My perception was absolutely wonderful, until this past weekend. Led by our fabulous professor, 13 eager-minded students headed out in to the "bush" for three intense but enriching days to begin our collection of wetland invertebrates.



Wow, did I have a wake-up call.

Official: Internet profiles not a factor in admissions

Published Oct 1, 2008

The university has no policy regarding admissions officials looking at applicants' social networking Web sites despite an educational service company's report that one in 10 admission officers from the nation's top universities are doing so.

Kaplan Inc., a test prep and admission advising company, surveyed 320 admissions officers from the country's top 500 universities as compiled by U.S. News & World Report and from Barron's Profiles of American Colleges. The participants were surveyed by telephone in July and August, according to a Sept. 18 press release from Kaplan.