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Alumni association keeps students in touch after graduation

Published Apr 25, 2008

Don't forget TCU; there are plenty of ways to stay connected to the university after graduation day, a chancellor of alumni relations said."Once a person walks across the stage and completes their limited...

Fort Worth police crack down on gang-related crime

Fort Worth police crack down on gang-related crime

Published Apr 25, 2008

A Fort Worth gangbanger pops his trunk, pitches a pudgy plastic bag packed with white powder onto the pavement and signals for the buyer in the adjacent vehicle.


Almost immediately, the rival gang members open fire. The gunshots appear as bright firecrackers, bursting from the barrels of dueling guns.


The banger throws the narcotic into the trunk, jumps into a four-door sedan and rivals fire as the vehicle peels out.


Late-night surveillance footage at a local gas station captures the six-minute drug trade on Berry Street in June 2005.

Misplaced Patriots

Misplaced Patriots

Published Apr 25, 2008

They crowd the sidewalks of Cypress Street in Fort Worth every evening, some shouting profanities back and forth and others sitting quietly as they clutch dirty knapsacks and rolled up sleeping bags.


They are the homeless in Fort Worth.


More than 600 pile into to the Presbyterian Night Shelter each night. Some rent bunk beds downstairs, the sober ones get promoted to the upstairs dorms and the men who have no other options curl up on torn blue mats on the floor and in the hallways.

Clarification on April 11 academic programs story

Published Apr 25, 2008

An April 11 story, "Academic programs to benefit from public campaign," should have noted that the four academic units in the story are not the only ones that will benefit from the Campaign for TCU.

Founders of polo club graduate, leave legacy of team to junior

Founders of polo club graduate, leave legacy of team to junior

Published Apr 25, 2008

Four years ago, two women enrolled at TCU with the intention of bringing something new beyond two students.


Polo was their hobby, their sport a means of enjoyment and they did not plan on giving it up.


Molly Musselman, a communication studies major, and KC Beal, an entrepreneurial management major, started the polo club at TCU in 2004.


Starting off

Four years of athletics bring memories, nostalgia, killer ’80s tunes

Published Apr 25, 2008

I woke up at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday to my alarm clock blaring Rod Stewart's "Forever Young" when I realized the world was going to end in less than three weeks."Shut up, Rod Stewart," I said to my alarm...

ROTC cadets: Program provides valuable post-graduation options

ROTC cadets: Program provides valuable post-graduation options

Published Apr 25, 2008

I, Name Here, having been appointed to the rank of 2nd Lt. in the United States Air Force, do solemnly swear ...


Word for word, nine TCU cadets of aerospace studies, Air Force ROTC, will recite the oath of office, binding words that tie them to their new career. Three pieces of rank, gold bars, one bar on each shoulder and one to their hat, will be pinned by family or friends recognizing their accomplishments over the last four years.

Drinking offenses on the rise during event season

Published Apr 25, 2008

The Fort Worth Police Department, along with the Arlington and Grand Prairie police departments, are in the beginning stage of creating a program to deter underage drinking and driving, specifically for this time of year, a Fort Worth police sergeant said.


Sgt. Rodney Bangs of the Fort Worth Police Department said motorists driving under the influence and traffic fatalities are more frequent throughout the country this time of year.

Students should make the best out of college

Published Apr 25, 2008

After four years in college, seniors should be looking forward to a career and a new life outside of college classes.


I, like other seniors, am looking forward to these things, but unlike many of my peers, I won't wear the purple gown, walk across Daniel-Meyer Coliseum and shake Chancellor Boschini's hand until December.


I always thought I had a set plan for my life, including leaving college in four years. But then, halfway through my junior year as I was growing more and more unsure of my original choice of major, I took a leap of faith and changed it.

Squad notches first-ever victory

Published Apr 25, 2008

A team of nine girls piled into two cars early Saturday morning to put their hard work to the test. The TCU women's rugby team played their inaugural game in The Woodlands and returned to Fort Worth with...

‘Boy soldier’ shares childhood stories

Published Apr 25, 2008

From a background of war and torture, Ishmael Beah brought a message of hope and humanization to a crowd of almost 500 riveted listeners Thursday evening.

"Hope is a form of strength," he assured the audience in the Student Center Ballroom. "When you dehumanize somebody else, you reverse, and you dehumanize yourself."



The beaming 27-year-old Sierra Leone native with a stunning smile and earnest mien made a startling contrast to the tales he told of his life as a child soldier, killing and torturing rebels to ward off being killed and tortured himself.

Frogs score early to defeat UTA

Published Apr 25, 2008

The baseball team got all the run support it needed in the first two innings as the Frogs got back to their winning ways with a 5-2 win over the University of Texas-Arlington on Wednesday night.Sophomore...