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Quick Sports: Senior night brings success

Published Oct 30, 2007

What had the potential to be a special night Friday became reality for the soccer team.Senior Night proved to be a good one for head coach Dan Abdalla's team as it notched a 3-0 win against No. 22 Utah.

Sophomore Lizzy Karoly ignited the Horned Frogs attack with two goals on the night.

With the win, TCU improved to 8-9 on the season, while ending Utah's 13-match winning streak.

Sports editor Tim Bella

White team grabs series

White team grabs series

Published Oct 30, 2007

The baseball team ended its fall schedule with a win for the Purple team in game five of the Purple-White World Series.Even with the 6-2 victory Sunday, the Purple team lost the best-of-five series, 3-2. Junior right fielder Matt Vern helped the Purple squad earn the Sunday victory by getting two hits and knocking in two runs. Last season Vern was third on the team in extra-base hits and tied for the team lead in triples.

"After officially losing the series yesterday, we just wanted to come out and win another game," Vern said.

New film sends viewers on journey

Published Oct 26, 2007

Director Wes Anderson, with the help of three remarkably talented actors, managed to craft a film that is not only inspiring and funny, but is also one of the most original films of the year. Perhaps the most atypical attribute of "The Darjeeling Limited" was its prologue, "Hotel Chevalier," a free short film released on iTunes last month starring Natalie Portman and the films' co-writer Jason Schwartzman. The prologue will accompany the movie when it is released in Fort Worth theaters this Friday.

Dining stunted by sandwich overload

Published Oct 26, 2007

What's the deal with all of these sandwich shops?The surrounding area and TCU are under invasion.

Sandwich shops are running wild and it's getting a little out of hand.

By my count there are eight different sandwich shops to choose from.

Go ahead and do a little sandwich math and you'll probably come up with more sandwich options than a human could ever need.

Deco Deli, Lenny's Sub Shop, Loafin' Joe's, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Quizno's Subs, Sub Connection, Subway and Which Wich? are all available to satisfy the public's sandwich needs.

Screams park offers fright through diversity, lurkers

Published Oct 26, 2007

Located in the woodlands of Waxahachie, Screams Halloween Theme Park resembles an abandoned New England Colonial village straight from the Salem witch trials of 1692.Trees tower over the pathways, and shrieks of the night lead customers to vendors, including tarot card readers, henna tattoo artists and gift shops. The park is filled with ghostly noises and new fear lurks behind every corner.

Screams targets from ages 12 and under, who played in the Spooky Hollow Children's Area, to college students and adults, who drank from the five different beers at The Taboo Tavern.

Police identify man suspected of harassing phone calls to KTCU

Published Oct 26, 2007

Police say they have identified a man they think is responsible for a harassing phone call that led to the temporary closure of KTCU FM 88.7 "The Choice."TCU Police took the case Tuesday night, when a KTCU disc jockey became uncomfortable after an angry listener called complaining about the station's format, leading to a temporary evacuation of the station located in Moudy Building South.

Police have identified the caller and have a picture of him, said Steve McGee, TCU police chief.

Cross Country: Wildfires force new location for MWC meet

Published Oct 26, 2007

Although the Horned Frogs still plan to compete in this weekend's Mountain West Conference Championships, their travel plans have been altered.The meet was moved to Albuquerque, N.M., from Mission Bay Park, Calif., in the San Diego area, because of wildfires in the area.

Head coach Shawn Winget said the team is concerned about the situation, but it has not affected their preparation.

Death row inmates deserve harsher execution method

Published Oct 26, 2007

The three-drug cocktail. It's just a quick sting.Sodium Pentothal is injected as an anesthetic. Thirty seconds go by and unconsciousness sets in.

Lethal injection is used in almost every single execution state but recently it has been receiving major criticism from the Supreme Court, according to a New York Times article Oct. 18.

Texas accounts for 405 of the 1,099 lethal injection executions since 1976.

Team to face conference front-runner at home

Team to face conference front-runner at home

Published Oct 26, 2007

Going into one of the biggest games of the season, the soccer team needs to come out ready to play against the No. 1 team in the Mountain West Conference, the head coach said. The soccer team will face the top conference competitor Friday when it plays the Utah Utes (10-2-4, 2-0-2) in the last home game of the season at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

TCU (7-9-0, 2-3-0) is coming into the match No. 6 in the MWC, following a 1-0 overtime loss to UNLV on Sunday.

Stars’ personal experiences, trip to India shape film

Published Oct 26, 2007

Jason Schwartzman spoke with staff writer Alex Zobel about his recent travels to India where he co-wrote and starred in the new film "The Darjeeling Limited" with director Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola. The short film "Hotel Chevalier," which starred Natalie Portman and Schwartzman acts as a prologue to the feature film and will precede the movie starting today when it will be released in Fort Worth theaters.What was the writing process like for you?

Dolphins continue to disappoint fans

Published Oct 26, 2007

When 90,000 London residents, granted most are probably Americans, bought tickets to this game back in the summer, they had no idea how bad the Miami Dolphins would be this year. Heck, even real football fans never thought members of the 1972 Super Bowl Champion Dolphins would be taking shots at the current group. Miami's talent evaluators recently extended their streak of incompetence in April's NFL draft by taking Ted Ginn Jr. at the No. 9 spot when their "quarterback of the future," Brady Quinn, was staring them right in the face.

Students accused of pirating music

Published Oct 26, 2007

Thou shalt not steal. And now, thou shalt not share - unless one plans to pay a fancy fee.Last week TCU was one of 19 colleges to receive pre-litigation letters from the Recording Industry Association of America related to illegal music sharing and downloading.

Cara Duckworth, spokeswoman for RIAA, said RIAA has been sending pre-litigation letters to campuses every month since February. She said pre-litigation letters are the first step to a three-step disciplinary action against piracy.