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University approves multicultural student group

Published Mar 20, 2008

The Korean Student Association has been approved by Student Development Services, making it TCU's newest multicultural student organization.Sang Byeon, a doctorate Biblical interpretation student at Brite...

Wind energy focus of new science grant

Published Mar 19, 2008

TCU will announce today that it, FPL Energy and the University of Oxford will enter into a research partnership on how to integrate wind energy into the Texas ecological community, an environmental science professor said.


Mike Slattery, a professor of environmental science, said the research grant that TCU received for the partnership is the largest research grant in school history.


Slattery, who will also serve the partnership as a lead scientist, said, "It could put TCU on the map for leading research in renewable clean energy."

Home matches for Horned Frogs end in win

Home matches for Horned Frogs end in win

Published Mar 19, 2008

Correction: The TCU men's tennis team won its second straight game when it beat Columbia University on March 18. Freshmen Emanu Brighiu and Adrian Simon were doubles partners and freshmen Zach Nichols and Jack Seider were partners. While Brighiu and Simon successfully won their match, Nichols and Seider dropped theirs.

Inability to win away from home warranted reason for coach’s end

Published Mar 19, 2008

The headline was corrected at 9:52 p.m. March 19.

Head men's basketball coach Neil Dougherty had six seasons with TCU before his release Sunday, six seasons of home blues and road malaise.


The 18th head coach in Horned Frog basketball history, Dougherty's career had its ups but his inability to win on the road in the Mountain West Conference kept the program from ever becoming a serious contender.

Speaker: Interfaith tolerance important

Published Mar 19, 2008

Effective communication in a multicultural and multireligious world is the key to tolerance and appreciation of different religions, a theology professor told Brite Divinity School students Tuesday.


Peter C. Phan, Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic social thought at Georgetown University, discussed in a church at Weatherly Hall whether leaders of different religions engaging in dialogue will undermine or replace the mission of evangelism.

Department reworks curriculum in effort to gain accreditation

Published Mar 19, 2008

The theatre department is undergoing a curriculum makeover in an attempt to be accredited by an organization of schools that establish national standards for undergraduate and graduate theatre degree plans, the chairman of the department said.


Harry Parker, the chairman of the theatre department, said the National Association of Schools of Theatre accreditation is like a stamp of approval.

Reed Hall construction doesn’t warrant layoffs

Published Mar 19, 2008

Peter and a couple of the other loved Edens and Deco Deli employees are back.TCU did a great job bringing back some employees and finding them jobs after an unexpected early close of the two restaurants....

NCAA president fails large sports programs

Published Mar 18, 2008

The NCAA is a business. We are constantly reminded of this when annual talks of a college football playoff system come up. When the intelligence of a play-in game for the NCAA basketball tournament is...

Dougherty’s release good call

Published Mar 18, 2008

On Sunday, three days after the men's basketball season closed, so did something else. Neil Dougherty's tenure as head coach is over.


Dougherty will not return to fulfill the last year of his contract for obvious reasons - empty stands and loosing streaks.


Since leaving his position as assistant coach to Roy Williams at the University of Kansas to come to TCU, Dougherty has had six years of ups and downs.