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Courtney Hamilton

Courtney Hamilton

Published Nov 27, 2007

It was a Friday night. She was at the mall with friends, and Hurricane Katrina was stirring in the Gulf of Mexico. The next day, her school, the University of New Orleans, implemented a mandatory evacuation.This was how junior psychology major Courtney Hamilton began her college experience.

After the evacuation announcement, Hamilton sought shelter with friends on her swim team in Baton Rouge, La., then continued home to Southlake.

The next week, they were told classes were canceled for the rest of the semester.

Quick Sports: End of the road for volleyball

Published Nov 27, 2007

The volleyball team ended its season with an overall mark of 22-12 after falling to the Utah Utes Thursday in Las Vegas. LaMeita Smith led the Frogs with a team-high of 14 kills and posted a .375 hitting efficiency, but it was not enough to grant a victory. TCU was ranked fourth seed in the Mountain West tournament, and the 22 victories won by the Frogs was the second-most in school history.

Shopping mania foils holiday spirit

Published Nov 27, 2007

I get paid to wake up at 2:30 a.m. three times a week.The news never sleeps and, as a TV news production assistant, I don't get to either.

What I cannot understand is why anyone who isn't making a buck would get up that early just to save one?

Known to savvy shoppers as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving is rumored to be the busiest shopping day of the year.

Let the madness begin.

In preparation for Black Friday, Best Buy held a nationwide dress rehearsal for all employees, according to an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

In the Spotlight: LaVonne Anderson and Phyllis Isbell

Published Nov 27, 2007

We've all used them, and we've most likely taken them for granted. We've listened to their voice countless times, and tomorrow we'll call, only this time knowing a little bit more about the voice on the other end."Good afternoon. TCU. May I direct your call?" This is the question people hear every time they dial the Texas Christian University main phone line.

There are two women who work the switchboards at TCU: LaVonne Anderson, who has worked there for 25 years, and Phyllis Isbell, who has been there for a little more than three years.

Quick Sports: Sophomore completes run at national competition

Published Nov 27, 2007

Sophomore Festus Kigen placed 157th out of 250 competitors Monday at the NCAA Championships. Kigen was the first Horned Frog to run at the championships since Kip Kangogo in 2005. Josh McDougal of Liberty...

Rapper’s effort to raise sagging pants homophobic

Published Nov 27, 2007

Dallas is being lectured on fashion by - drum roll, please - a rapper.

Dooney Da' Priest has joined efforts with Dallas city councilman Dwaine Caraway in a campaign to dissuade youths from wearing sagging pants.



Caraway hit a snag in October when his proposal for a city ordinance that would ban saggin' - wearing pants under the waistline to reveal underwear - was labeled unconstitutional.



Da' Priest took up Caraway's cause and wrote "Pull Up Your Pants," a song that links sagging pants to homosexuality.

In the Spotlight: Derrick Anene

In the Spotlight: Derrick Anene

Published Nov 27, 2007

When Derrick Anene enlisted in the Army, he did not expect to be deployed to Iraq two weeks after returning from basic training."There is chaos. Unpredictable, spontaneous, nerve-racking waves of chaos, not knowing if your life will be included in the following day," said Anene, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and sophomore political science major.

Anene, then 18, reported to his National Guard unit base in Fort Worth where he was told, "Say your goodbyes. You have two weeks."

Comeback kids defeat Aztecs

Comeback kids defeat Aztecs

Published Nov 27, 2007

The San Diego State Aztecs fell short of a chance to put another hurdle in front of TCU's postseason pursuit.Instead of being a hurdle, the football team was little more than a speed bump en route to a 45-33 loss to the Horned Frogs at home Saturday night.

Last year, SDSU was dominated by the Horned Frogs on the road to the tune of 52-0 in Fort Worth. The Aztecs were down 38-0 at halftime and were out-gained by 537 yards.

It was an ugly showing in an even uglier season in 2006.

Tim’s Take: Holiday allows time to give thanks to all

Published Nov 20, 2007

Well, it is that time of the year again.Yep, a time where Christmas lights go up faster than the start of searches for new football coaches at Baylor and SMU.

You know, a time when people will get a head start on buying whatever Hannah Montana apparel is available, hoping to avoid any confrontation with the Suburban-driving soccer mom on her second Starbucks grande caramel macchiato.

It definitely sounds like Thanksgiving.

Frogs bowl-eligible after win over UNLV

Frogs bowl-eligible after win over UNLV

Published Nov 20, 2007

In the final home game of the season, players, coaches and fans left a mark for the senior football players.A bowl-qualifying, definitive 34-10 victory against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Saturday sent the 20 seniors on the team off with style.

With its sixth win on the season, TCU qualified for a bowl bid, but head coach Gary Patterson said he believes a seventh victory, which would come against San Diego State University this Saturday, is necessary for a bowl invitation.

Banning books discourages reading, limits education

Published Nov 20, 2007

If you thought banning books was a thing of the past, think again."Huckleberry Finn" was challenged in the Birdville school district in early November when a teacher wrote words intended to cause emotion on the chalkboard, including the word n-----.

The only black student in the classroom objected.

What should have been an enlightening and thought-provoking discussion instead offended and outraged a student and community members.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders was spot on in his article, "Dealing With That Writer and Word."

University strides deserve thanks this holiday

Published Nov 20, 2007

This semester, the editorial board has addressed the housing shortage for freshmen men, presented concerns about next year's costly dining plan and pointed a finger at academic advising. However, in the...