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Conference network goes national

Published Feb 26, 2008

The Mountain West Sports Network is joining forces with DirecTV and will launch the Mtn. nationwide no later than Sept. 1.


The Mtn. is the nation's first network dedicated to one college conference, the Mountain West Conference, which TCU has been a member of since 2005.


DirecTV is the nation's largest satellite-television service provider, available to 16.8 million customers.

Top-20 team downed, rival Mustangs up next

Published Feb 26, 2008

The women's tennis team is going for another win Wednesday against SMU, after upsetting No. 16 William & Mary this weekend. TCU defeated the Tribe 4-3 on Sunday, with the final two points of the match coming from two freshmen who stepped up when it mattered most.


"It's not easy to close out a match," head coach Jeff Hammond said. "Our team seems to handle pressure well, and I think it is good experience for a young player to be put in that situation."

Weekend games bring first loss of season

Published Feb 26, 2008

The men's tennis team split its two games over the weekend, ending its undefeated streak with a loss to Oklahoma State on Sunday.


The Horned Frogs stretched their perfect season to nine games before falling 4-3 to the No. 15 Cowboys.


Before it was broken, the weekend also featured a streak-extending sweep of the University of Minnesota, which TCU beat 7-0 on Saturday.

Short-lived fire behind frat house scorches bushes

Short-lived fire behind frat house scorches bushes

Published Feb 26, 2008

The Fort Worth Fire Department responded to a call Monday night about a fire that took place behind a residence hall in Worth Hills.


According to witnesses, the fire happened in a bush behind the fraternity houses of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Tau Delta.


Mayo Whaley, a sophomore radio-TV-film major, said he saw the fire and ran to tell the hall director of Martin-Moore Hall, Gaius George.


Whaley said he was walking out of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house when he thought he smelled something cooking on a grill.

Event concerning eating disorders to enlighten students

Published Feb 26, 2008

She could be your best friend, your classmate or the girl across the hall. He could be your cousin, your fraternity brother or the star of the basketball team.


An estimated 8 to 10 million people nationwide are affected by eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, said Keith Sanderson, director of communication for National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

Baseball team takes one of three weekend games, home attendance record broken

Baseball team takes one of three weekend games, home attendance record broken

Published Feb 26, 2008

In its first series of the season the TCU Horned Frogs did not come out on top, but did prove the team can hang with the Titans of college baseball.


The Horned Frogs took game two of the three game series against the No. 14 Cal State Fullerton Titans but lost games one and three.

Construction company cuts cable

Published Feb 26, 2008

  The TCU Cable Television has been restored after a brief shutdown this afternoon. Patti Sellers , TCU Connect supervisor, said a construction company accidentally cut a cable in the basement...

Movie review: U2 gets up close and personal with 3D concert film

Published Feb 26, 2008

It's a beautiful day for U2 fans everywhere as their long-awaited 3D concert movie opened in theaters nationwide this past weekend, and what a great movie it was. For a much cheaper price than one would pay for a terrible ticket in the back row of some arena, fans are given a front row seat that literally puts U2 front man and longtime political activist Bono in their laps for a fraction of the cost.

Google pulls ads from college-gossip Web site

Published Feb 26, 2008

Google has stopped serving advertisements to a college-gossip Web site that has drawn the ire of student governments nationwide, a Google spokesman said.


Google spokesman Daniel Rubin said in an e-mail that Google pulled advertisements from JuicyCampus.com because the Web site violated Google's terms of use.

Campus eateries’ replacement not sufficient

Published Feb 26, 2008

I've got the perfect solution to the already much-maligned dining program: Close two of the most popular, not to mention healthy, locations.

The closing of Deco Deli and Edens in March will leave many TCU students wondering what healthy options they have for lunch.



Not only are there two fewer options where students can eat, but also the new option that replaces it, a hot dog cart, is not exactly health-conscious.

World-class piano teacher shares passion for music

World-class piano teacher shares passion for music

Published Feb 26, 2008

Tamas Ungar sits at his piano bench with his eyes closed, listening.


At the piano parallel to his own, his student's fingers glide across the keys as he plays Franz Liszt's "Spanish Rhapsody."


At a shift in pace, noticeable only to a studied pianist, Ungar's eyes snap open, and suddenly, he is playing alongside his student - only slower.


"It has to make itself push!" Ungar instructs in his soft Hungarian accent over the music of the two pianos nearly in sync.

Group seeks to educate on reproductive choices

Published Feb 26, 2008

Rain and sleet did nothing to stifle the spirits of senior modern dance major Melinda Castro as she joined thousands of anti-abortion protesters in Washington, D.C., to rally on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.


Less than a month after the March for Life, Castro created Students for Life, a student organization that seeks to raise awareness about abortion.