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Dancers rehearse a dance senior Krista Jennings choreographed with a creativity grant.

Published Apr 25, 2008

Senior dance majors' last concert before graduation continues this weekend.Students from The School for Classical and Contemporary Dance are putting on the senior studios concert "Here. Dance. Now," which...

Life skills reflected through school mission

Published Apr 25, 2008

Four years. It is complete, a success.


People will be sentimental about the upcoming graduation day, and to be honest, I may tear up a little after crossing the stage.


College has taught me the soft skills that are required to get by in the job market. I'm not saying that knowing how to pour a beer without spilling is an applicable trait to put on my resume, but there were other valuable attributes I gained in college.

Cheers, jeers 2008

Published Apr 25, 2008

Cheers to the athletics department for ending the Neil Dougherty era. Six years and 108 losses later, they got the point. The cliche is true, nice guys finish last.

Jeers to the TCU Board of Trustees for moving a symposium honoring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright off campus. Because of the university's decision, students missed out on what would have been a great opportunity to see a controversial national figure.



Cheers to political activism during the primaries. Now, if we could only get that kind of turnout for SGA elections ...

Squad to face Aztecs, MWC position on line

Published Apr 25, 2008

The baseball team will try to hold onto a first place lead in the Mountain West Conference as it travels to California to take on the San Diego State Aztecs for a three-game series starting today.


The Horned Frogs are tied with the New Mexico Lobos with an 11-4 record in the Mountain West, and the Aztecs are one game behind those two teams with a 10-5 conference record.

Starting early crucial for job search, Career Services employee says

Starting early crucial for job search, Career Services employee says

Published Apr 25, 2008

With the May 10 graduation fast approaching, getting a job is on the minds of many outgoing seniors. Although it may be competitive for those getting ready to graduate, it could be even worse for December graduates, said a member of University Career Services.


Kimshi Hickman, associate director of University Career Services, said this stems from the fact that many companies will have already set their budgets for hiring well before December.

Looks can be deceiving

Published Apr 25, 2008

Jeff Ferrell, professor of criminal justice, said he teaches a class on juvenile delinquency."The real issue for researchers and police and politicians is to define what is a gang and be able to define...

One of us

Published Apr 25, 2008

Lt. David Burgess of the Fort Worth Police Department, a former officer of the department's Gang Intelligence Unit, said gang members are initiated in one of three ways.


First, they can be "jumped in," or beaten. Second, they might be "blessed in" - their father or brother is an original gangster in the particular gang. And the third initiation - "sexed in" - requires a prospective female member to roll dice and have sex with the corresponding number of male gang members.

College lessons go beyond classroom

Published Apr 25, 2008

Three years and nine months ago, my senior friends, you were probably sitting in an auditorium hearing Nowell Donovan (if you don't know who that is, he has been your provost and he is terrifically Scottish)...

Vada Phillips-Felder, shown in the top left, stands at her 1954 graduation from the Brite Divinity School. Phillips-Felder, who was the first black female to graduate from Brite, died at 97 this summer. Photo courtesy of Brite Divinity School

Olympic-bound athlete’s college track career ends with personal best

Published Apr 25, 2008

She is one of the most accomplished track and field athletes in the NCAA, earning a spot on her country's track and field team for the upcoming Beijing Olympics and receiving more All-American awards than any woman in TCU history.


Senior Virgil Hodge finished her final outdoor meet at the Lowden Track and Field Complex at TCU with a personal best in the 100 meters with a time of 11.26 and has continued working her way toward the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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.