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Campus job fair takes practice to conquer

Published Mar 2, 2011

With just two months remaining in the semester, many students started their job search at a career fair offered on campus.

Kara Lutley, a senior marketing and business information systems major, was one of the many hopeful students at the event.

"This is my fifth time coming to the career fair," Lutley said. "I've been coming every year since I was a second-semester sophomore looking for internships. Now I'm graduating in May...I thought I might as well come back and look for an actual job."

Texas Independence Day worthy of explanation

Published Mar 2, 2011

Wednesday marked the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence 8212; a date marked as Texas Independence Day.

There may be a stereotype or two about Texan pride. The "Don't Mess With Texas" state-sponsored commercials do no favors.

TCU students who attended elementary school in the Lone Star State may remember not only reciting the United States Pledge of Allegiance, but also reciting the Texas Pledge of Allegiance as well as singing the Texas state song, "Texas, Our Texas":

V-Day campaign educates students on socially conscious products, violence against women

V-Day campaign educates students on socially conscious products, violence against women

Published Mar 2, 2011

As part of the TCU V-Day campaign to stop violence against women and girls, Wednesday's Hope Fair educated students about social justice and fair trade through teaching the power of a dollar.

Senior theater major Katie Caruso, coordinator of the V-Day campaign, said local vendors came to educate students about their products and to teach students to spend money in a socially and globally conscious way.

Fashion merchandising majors assemble original outfits for Fashion Rules! event

Fashion merchandising majors assemble original outfits for “Fashion Rules!” event

Published Mar 2, 2011

Thirty-six fashion merchandising students have worked to assemble runway outfits with floral patterns, wide-leg pants, flat sandals and other spring trends for the annual Neiman Marcus Fort Worth "Fashion Rules!" event today.

Patricia Warrington, associate professor of merchandising and textiles, said the university created an educational partnership with Neiman Marcus to give students the opportunity to design store window displays and produce fashion shows based on the department store's 10 spring trends for 2011.

Combine should give Cowboys good look at potential recruits

Published Mar 1, 2011

As the NFL combine wrapped up yesterday, the Dallas Cowboys should have a significantly better outlook on the upcoming draft. More importantly, one TCU player would make a great fit in the Dallas clubhouse.

The Cowboys have the No. 9 pick in the draft and should theoretically pick one of the top 10 players available. Granted, no TCU players will make a top 10 draft pick, but there are a number of needs that Dallas has that can be solved with a wisely selected top 10 pick.

A very likely pick of the Cowboys will be Nebraska cornerback Prince Amukamara.

Frogs finish ninth overall, Roudebush ties for 11th in John Hayt Collegiate Invitational

Published Mar 1, 2011

TCU finished ninth overall and Frogs' senior Scott Roudebush finished tied for 11th place as the TCU men's golf team completed competition Tuesday at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational played at Sawgrass Country Club.

The Frogs saw the squad combine for an 18-over-par 306 after junior Johan de Beer, who shot a team-best round of 73 during the day, was disqualified. The squad was tied for the lead following day one action with Auburn at -6. Arkansas ended the week on top of the pack at +3, as all but two teams (Arkansas, -5; LSU, -1) shot over par during the final round.

Electronic grading services make education a formula

Published Mar 1, 2011

The Educational Testing Service presented evidence on Feb. 19 that found electronic grading services for college placement exams to be just as reliable as human graders, and the reverberations sparked debate in the education world.

Controversy flared between the technological-progressive side of academics and the more classically-oriented camp, according to a Feb. 21 article from Inside Higher Ed. Should computers be responsible for grading students if the reliability is the same and resources saved?

1-14 Frogs wrap up regular season Wednesday

Published Mar 1, 2011

After Friday's home loss to New Mexico, head men's basketball coach Jim Christian said he did not look forward to the season ending. In fact, he said he would coach 20 more games to win one more. Christian...

Greeks face tougher bus loading regulations

Published Mar 1, 2011

Sigma Alpha Epsilon is one of the fraternities that is instituting changes to its bus loading policies to stem the numbers of uninvited guests and the amount of disorderly conduct for students going to off-campus parties and events, SAE President Scott Miller said.

The changes are being enacted after an e-mail was sent to TCU fraternities Feb. 14 from Interfraternity Council adviser Keith Becklin. Complaints included public urination, disorderly conduct, public intoxication and open containers of alcohol, according to Becklin's e-mail.

Harris brings in nurse to speak on health care

Published Mar 1, 2011

Registered nurse Rhonda Hughes will give a free lecture regarding health care issues titled, "Proactive Approaches to the Changing Landscape of Healthcare," on Wednesday in the Kelly Alumni Center.

Hughes was brought to the university through an endowment from the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences provided by W.F. "Tex" and Pauline Rankin, according to an e-mail from Holly Ellman, a specialist in the Office of Communications.

Hughes is a published author who writes on patient safety and quality improvement, according to the e-mail.

Facebook voting gives students unique opportunity

Published Mar 1, 2011

I'll admit I'm a little obsessed with Facebook. I check it when I get up. I check it when I'm doing homework. I check it 8212; sneakily 8212; in class. The only time I feel bad about having a window open...

Dream Machines should be just the start in university’s recycling effort

Published Mar 1, 2011

With global efforts toward sustainability increasing drastically, the university should do all it can to help promote green efforts on campus.

The Dream Machines would be a convenient way for students to recycle on campus, and providing incentives in the form of gift certificates and coupons makes that opportunity even better.

Furthermore, the machines come at an extremely low cost to the university, leaving administrators little excuse for not allowing the machines to be installed.