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Joining political forums commendable

Published Feb 5, 2008

Super Tuesday features the largest number of state primary elections held to select delegates for national conventions.

Today, the 2008 Super Tuesday, is a step in determining each party's eventual presidential candidate.



Although Texas is not among the Super Tuesday states, one on-campus group, Students for Obama, is holding a public forum today to inform students about the primaries, elections and candidates.



The forum is one of many attempts to reach out to apathetic youth, who have seemed reluctant to vote in recent history.

CEO shares the importance of trust in leadership

CEO shares the importance of trust in leadership

Published Feb 5, 2008

Some people think trusting people is too risky, but not Stephen M.R. Covey.

"While there is some risk in trust, there is also risk in not trusting people - more risk," said Stephen M.R. Covey, author of "The Speed of Trust" and CEO and co-founder of CoveyLink Worldwide Co., a leadership consulting firm.



If people can create a culture of trust in a low-trust world, they will have an advantage, Covey told students and business professionals at the Neeley Author Series Monday evening.

Super Bowl commercials more for entertainment, former ad executive says

Super Bowl commercials more for entertainment, former ad executive says

Published Feb 5, 2008

See what some students thought were the top Super Bowl commercials.


In 1967, the cost of a 30-second advertising spot during the first Super Bowl was $40,000.


For Super Bowl XLII, 30-second spots went for $2.7 million each.

Media claims crisis in economy, unsettling for young professional

Published Feb 5, 2008

Headlines are practically proclaiming the end of the world.


"The U.S. economy faces the guillotine," says Newsweek.


"Echo of first Bush: Good economy turns sour," says the New York Times.


At least TIME shows some hope with "Surviving the slowdown: what you can do now."


Glancing at headlines like these throughout the last few weeks has nearly convinced me that I'm on my way to Hooverville.


I better enjoy my apartment, my every meal, before they're gone.

Film Review: Horror movie lacks fear factor

Published Feb 5, 2008

There have been horror movies that have truly terrified us. Movies such as "Psycho," "The Exorcist," "Alien" and "The Shining" have terrified audiences long after they left the theater. "The Eye" is not one of them.




Guitar video game doesn’t devalue real-life play

Published Feb 5, 2008

Every musician's dream of going head-to-head against legendary guitar hero Slash became a reality last October when "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" was released.


According to the NDP Group, the franchise has sold more than 14 million copies in North America alone, and its popularity reached a record high this month when it surpassed $1 billion in sales.

Poor shooting plagues Frogs

Published Feb 5, 2008

The men's basketball team extended its poor shooting streak, hitting only 17 of its 54 shots against the Air Force Falcons, which also helped extend its losing streak to three games.

In the first half TCU shot 26 percent from the field, including 4-for-18 clip from 3-point land. The Falcons shot a solid 52 percent from the field in the first and were five out of 11 from behind the arc.



"We tried to get to the ball into the paint," head coach Neil Dougherty said. "They were very good at collapsing and we just could not get our outside shots to fall."

Honors credit option weak

Published Feb 1, 2008

The addition of the Contemporary Reading Symposium to the Honors Program will alleviate some pressure second-year honors students experience by making it easier to receive lower-level classification in the program.


Instead of regular and often rigorous course requirements, honors students can relax for a semester because the Contemporary Reading Symposium is essentially a book club for smart people, and it substitutes a lower-division honors requirement.

Campus to participate in national recycling competition

Published Feb 1, 2008

The race to recycle is on again.Campus organizers of RecycleMania, a national recycling competition that began Sunday and will last until April 7, said they are ready to bounce back from a disappointing...

Frogs to take on Falcons

Published Feb 1, 2008

The men's basketball (11-8) team will be looking to bounce back from a two-game losing streak Saturday. With a 3-3 record in the Mountain West Conference, the Horned Frogs are in a three-way tie for third...

Chicken dance worth the fine

Published Feb 1, 2008

Super Bowl advertising has always been relegated to the commercials, until now.


Kentucky Fried Chicken has offered to donate $260,000 to charity in the name of the first New England Patriots or New York Giants player to score a touchdown in Sunday's Super Bowl, provided that he flaps his arms like a chicken afterward - you know, like the move from the chicken dance.


The reason: to support the fast food chain's new line of sauceless hot wings.

McCain could bring Republicans together

Published Feb 1, 2008

Following his critical win in Florida, John McCain told The Associated Press he was the candidate who could unite the Republican Party. As the solidified front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination, McCain may be right, but he's got a long way to go.


Enabling voters to move past the legacy left by President Bush is only a start to uniting the fractured GOP, divided over what to do about an economy near recession, a seemingly endless war and a failed immigration plan.