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High ranking creates job opportunities for Neeley students

Published Apr 3, 2008

Neeley School of Business students are in the right place at the right time, especially students in the entrepreneurship program.Fort Worth was recently ranked as the ninth best place in the nation to...

Sarahs not offended by slighting slogans in movie ads

Sarahs not offended by slighting slogans in movie ads

Published Apr 3, 2008

Sarah Marshall, a senior advertising/public relations major, was eating dinner with her boyfriend about three weeks ago when a friend came up and asked if they were OK.It was one of many calls and Facebook...

Gossip site founder: If subpoenaed, will identify users

Published Apr 3, 2008

Matt Ivester, the founder of JuicyCampus.com, told the Skiff on Tuesday that he would comply with a lawful subpoena seeking user information. The site stores user IP addresses, which could be used to track user identities, but it doesn't hold user identity information.


The founder of college gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com said Tuesday that he would turn over users' identities if lawfully subpoenaed.

Fortune: Fort Worth launching pad for businesses

Published Apr 3, 2008

Students interested in starting a business will not have to go far to find a start.


Fortune Small Business recently ranked Fort Worth the ninth-best place in the nation to "live and launch" a business. David Minor, director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center, said this designation will attract students to Neeley's entrepreneurship program.

Visibility is key, visiting dean candidates say

Visibility is key, visiting dean candidates say

Published Apr 2, 2008

Increasing the visibility of the College of Communication is a top priority, every dean candidate for the college said, agreeing that the college has the potential to be one of the best communication schools...

Volatile lending practices place burden on students

Published Apr 2, 2008

About 3,500 students who have federal loans will soon feel the effects of the currently unpredictable federal and private loan market as early as this summer, a financial aid officer said.


Some lenders have dropped out of the loan market, causing students to seek different lenders for next fall, said Mike Scott, director of scholarships and financial aid.


"This is the worst situation we have seen in the 10 years I have been working with loans," said Melet Leafgreen, assistant director scholarships and financial aid.

Young international player leads team

Young international player leads team

Published Apr 2, 2008

Tennis runs in the blood of TCU's No. 1 singles player.


Nina Munch-Soegaard was coached by her father, Jan, a former Norwegian Davis Cup player who played in college at Murray State University in Kentucky.

Empty environmental promises overshadow Earth Day’s mission

Published Apr 2, 2008

Earth Hour, which took place Saturday, reminds me of New Year's Eve.


Families sit around their TV sets anticipating that big moment when some city in the world becomes the first to turn off all of its lights to show solidarity in the global effort to save the planet from its environmental ills. The sense of awe and connection to other people is similar to when the ball descends upon Times Square.


You feel like you are a part of something bigger than yourself, something that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with you, but at the same time does.

Symposium to focus on ’08 election trail

Published Apr 2, 2008

Bob Schieffer will ask panelists at the fourth annual Schieffer Symposium today to answer the question, "Is campaign '08 about the right stuff?"Schieffer, moderator of CBS' "Face the Nation" and a TCU...

Conference losses plague ballclub

Published Apr 2, 2008

In the three full seasons TCU has played in the Mountain West Conference, the baseball team has dominated conference play.


The Horned Frogs finished first in both seasons, outdistancing themselves from the competition while garnering national attention.


The 2008 season has been a different story for TCU, which has struggled in its first two conference series, falling to 2-4 in the Mountain West.

Campaign aims to raise $250 million

Published Apr 2, 2008

Correction: As of March 31, when the public phase of the university fundraising campaign started, the campaign had raised $155 million, or 62 percent of the goal amount.




Bob Schieffer can soon add rock star to his resume after he performs with his band "Honky Tonk Confidential" during the launch of The Campaign for TCU on Thursday.

Some students left in loan limbo

Published Apr 2, 2008

College is often referred to as the "best four years of your life."

Parties, all-night cramming for exams and everlasting friendships all make up the years spent in life after high school. However, debt and loan issues are ongoing and plague students years after crossing the stage at graduation.



With some companies dropping out of the college loan market, some students are being left without a loan provider.