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Global Adaptation

Global Adaptation

Published Sep 25, 2007

As soon as Karen Estrada, an international student from Peru, arrived for the first time in the U.S., she felt the effects of the language barrier.Estrada lost her luggage and, upon arriving on campus, could not ask for help.

Estrada, an economics, finance and accounting major, found this to be the beginning of her experience of acclimating to a new environment as a TCU international student.

Text-messaging service boosts security

Published Sep 25, 2007

In response to the tragedy at Virginia Tech, campus safety remains a top concern for administrators around the country.Advances in technology at TCU and other universities are being used to keep students and staff informed.

Administrators at Virginia Tech were scrutinized for failing to alert students when student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before turning his gun on himself in April.

But administrators at Delaware State University didn't make the same mistake.

Content alone won’t earn grade; accurate grammar, spelling needed

Published Sep 25, 2007

Few things sting more than getting back a paper mercilessly marked in red ink. All those lines and squiggles are enough to destroy the morale of the most resolute slacker. Tantrums and tears follow when those mistakes result in a significant plunge in your grade.

Students complain about their professors being too hard on their papers when it comes to grammar and spelling. But can you blame them? Professors have to grade papers from star pupils at the "Derek Zoolander Center for Children Who Can't Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too."

Former SMU football player recounts trials of integration

Former SMU football player recounts trials of integration

Published Sep 21, 2007

Surrounded by bodyguards and the last person to get off the bus, Jerry LeVias thought he was a "big superstar" for Southern Methodist University.To others, he was a dead man walking.

LeVias was the first black scholarship athlete in the old Southwest Conference, a conference of which TCU was a member for 72 years beginning in 1923.

An anonymous caller had vowed, using a racial slur, to kill LeVias if he set foot on TCU's campus.

Fault shared for Fla. Taser incident

Published Sep 21, 2007

There was nothing civil about Andrew Meyer, the 21-year-old University of Florida student who met the business end of a Taser on Monday at a John Kerry forum.

Soccer: Team hopes to capture elusive win

Published Sep 21, 2007

After 21 years and 26 matches, the soccer team will be looking for the program's first win against SMU tonight in Dallas.Since TCU's first match with SMU back in 1986, the team has an all-time record of 0-24-2 against the Mustangs including a 2-0 loss last season in Fort Worth.

Even with the 0-24-2 all-time record, freshman defender and midfielder Cheryl Martin guaranteed a win for the Horned Frogs.

"I think that our team this year, we're so much better," Martin said. "There's no chance we won't beat them."

Reparations not most equal way to negate 300 years of slavery

Published Sep 21, 2007

The nearly 300-year history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is one of the most shameful episodes in Western history. Yet it has taken centuries for those responsible for this operation to acknowledge and apologize for their roles.Recently, London Mayor Ken Livingstone tearfully apologized for the role London played in the slave trade. Both former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair and Livingstone have admitted how deeply sorrowed they are about this aspect of their country's history at events prior to Livingstone's recent remarks, but without official apologies.

Club honors inductees at ceremony

Club honors inductees at ceremony

Published Sep 21, 2007

Five alumni athletes were remembered for their accomplishments and cemented into Horned Frogs athletics history when they were inducted into the Letterman's Hall of Fame on Thursday.The five former Horned Frogs - Jamie Dixon, James Maness, Al Paschal, David Roditi and Mike Sullivan - were honored as the class of 2007 at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni Center before a group of administrators, alumni, family and friends.

Students rally in support of Louisiana's 'Jena 6'

Students rally in support of Louisiana’s ‘Jena 6’

Published Sep 21, 2007

Chants echoed across campus as students rallied to support and pray for six black students who were involved in a racially charged altercation in Jena, La."Freedom for the 6, freedom for all!" was the...

Fantasy Football: Receivers outweigh backs in week three

Published Sep 21, 2007

Fantasy football is all about sure bets and calculated risks, but no one expected the big three running backs of this year's draft to become risks on game-day rosters.LaDainian Tomlinson, Steven Jackson and Larry Johnson are all struggling so far this season, even though LT is still finding ways to rack up points by playing quarterback and wide receiver.

Though Jackson apologizes to teammates, and Johnson takes a random day off, make sure to stick it out with these guys and not to take any cheap deals from owners looking to buy low.

D’oh not underestimate Homer

Published Sep 21, 2007

We've seen him on television nearly every Sunday since 1987. His five o'clock shadow, beer belly and catchphrase "D'oh" have turned him into an animated celebrity.Homer Jay Simpson has become the TV dad that, despite his downfalls, zany schemes and shortcomings, has shown a love for his family that is missed by some modern animated TV parents.

Of course, animated fathers such as Peter Griffin of Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy," Stan Smith of "American Dad" (also by MacFarlane) and Hank Hill of Mike Judge's "King of the Hill," also face family situations.

Volleyball sweeps conference opponent

Volleyball sweeps conference opponent

Published Sep 21, 2007

With homecoming festivities taking place Friday night, crowds were flowing into the University Recreation Center to watch the volleyball team sweep Air Force, 3-0, and extend its winning streak to five matches.The victory brings the squad's record to 15-2 on the season and pulls its Mountain West Conference record to 2-1. The sweep (30-15, 30-15, 30-12) came against a 7-9 Air Force team that did not prove to be much of a problem for the Horned Frogs. The match itself took less than 90 minutes to complete.