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Both tennis teams play at home Friday

Published Feb 24, 2011

Both TCU tennis teams will welcome their respective opponents to campus today at 2 p.m. at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center and Bartzen Varsity Courts. The No. 47 men's squad, entering the weekend...

Assistant geology professor collects meteorites in Antarctica

Assistant geology professor collects meteorites in Antarctica

Published Feb 24, 2011

For the TCU community, February's five days of snow meant cancellation of school and inability to drive on slightly iced over roads, but for Rhiannon Mayne, a little bit of snow was nothing after spending eight weeks in Antarctica.

Mayne, assistant professor of geology, returned from collecting meteorites in Antarctica's negative 30 degree weather one day before Fort Worth's ice storm hit, she said.

Tim Halperin moves on to Idol’s Top 24

Published Feb 24, 2011

After performing an original piece for his final audition, alumnus Tim Halperin took his place as one of the top 24 contestants on "American Idol" on Thursday night.

"American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez said that although she had been a fan of Halperin's since the beginning of his "Idol" journey, she thought he should continue to improve. All three judges encouraged him to begin showing his deeper message and identity as an artist.

V-Day Campaign aims for wider audience

Published Feb 24, 2011

In an attempt to make a greater impact on campus, organizers of this year's TCU V-Day Campaign coordinated events outdoors and geared more toward both sexes.

Katie Caruso, senior theater major and coordinator for the TCU V-Day Campaign, said this year she hoped to generate a greater impact on campus by offering events for a wider audience that focused on issues related to the topic of violence against women.

‘Team Tim’ demonstrates quality of TCU faculty

Published Feb 24, 2011

TCU students are constantly told to get to know their professors. Aside from helping with confusing topics, writing job recommendations and taking a genuine interest in your academic career, your TCU...

Strategic communication student, brother create websites

Published Feb 24, 2011

After launching their "Boys Are Silly" website two weeks before Valentine's Day, a TCU student and his brother have attracted over 20,000 page views generated from roughly 4,000 users writing about men's follies.

Senior Pedro Wunderlich said he and his brother Mario, who lives in Guatemala, have created two websites, "Boys Are Silly" and "The Pointless Like Button," as fun social experiments. The two work together and keep in touch through communicative websites such as Skype and Basecamp, Wunderlich said.

Nixing test scores on applications could improve quality of student body

Published Feb 24, 2011

Just by its mission statement alone, "To educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community," it is obvious TCU puts a high value on leadership and community awareness.

But to get to the point where college students can put those words into action, they must first be admitted to college. This usually involves stressing about scholarships, financial aid and, above all, standardized test scores.

BSA spices up yearly fashion show

Published Feb 24, 2011

TCU's Black Student Association is spicing up their yearly fashion show. The BSA Fashion Show will now feature a dance portion along with the traditional fashion show, said Shelby Best, the director of...

No. 3 Frogs play No. 12 Cal State Fullerton this weekend

Published Feb 24, 2011

The No. 3 TCU baseball team will take the field at Lupton Stadium this weekend against No. 12 Cal State Fullerton.

TCU enters the weekend with a 3-1 record after its opening series against Kansas and a midweek win against Baylor. The Frogs won two out of three games last weekend against the Jayhawks, losing Sunday's game in 14 innings.

The Frogs' most recent action came in a 2-0 win over Baylor in Waco on Tuesday night.

American youth could learn from Tunisian protester

Published Feb 24, 2011

The massive protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East could be considered a slap in the face to the leaders of most of the countries in those two regions. The spark that set them off originated in Tunisia on Dec. 17, 2010, when an inspector tried to seize some fruit a man had purchased. The man tried to yank back his goods, and the inspector slapped the man in retribution.

U.S. college-aged youth should take note of what that one slap did.

Frogs welcome New Mexico to DMC for final home game Saturday

Frogs welcome New Mexico to DMC for final home game Saturday

Published Feb 24, 2011

The TCU men's basketball team has recorded more than 1,070 wins in its history, but none of those have occurred since Jan. 12.

Saturday the Frogs welcome New Mexico at 7 p.m. to Daniel-Meyer Coliseum for TCU's final home game of the season. Even if TCU (10-19, 1-13 MWC) wins its next two games against the Lobos and at Air Force, it can do no better than share last place in the MWC standings with Wyoming.

Speaker gives tips for safer spring break

Published Feb 24, 2011

With spring break two weeks away, students can gain insight on keeping themselves safe by attending TV and radio personality Adam Ritz's speech "Are You Invincible?" about his own experiences with spring break dangers concerning alcohol consumption and its effects.

Yvonne Giovanis, the associate director of the Alcohol and Drug Education Center, said Ritz will share information with students to help keep them safer on their spring break events.