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Bush, Senate need accordance

Published Mar 30, 2007

The U.S. Senate approved a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq within 120 days of the passage of the bill.Although President Bush hasn't laid out an end to his Middle East...

Horse Play

Horse Play

Published Mar 30, 2007

In its first year ever on campus, the equestrian team is set to finish its regular season Saturday against the South Carolina Gamecocks before heading off to the national championship in Waco.The Horned Frogs will compete against an opponent they will most likely face in the first round of the Varsity Equestrian National Championship, held April 18 through 20. Both teams have earned bids to the championship - TCU in the Western horsemanship event and South Carolina in Western and Hunt Seat, also referred to as English riding.

5 Ways to Show Love

Published Mar 30, 2007

You're told that the inner workings of your significant other are impossible to understand. Sometimes they speak in code, and it's up to you to translate. Men and women may be from different planets, but...

Helping the Hungry

Published Mar 30, 2007

In the midst of the 1980s famine in Ethiopia, TCU stood up among the rest of the world to fight hunger. In 1982, three faculty and staff members launched Hunger Week. Twenty-five years later, the Heal Hunger Campaign is trying to bring back the old through new methods.Hunger response was a global phenomenon that everyone wanted to be a part of, said Andrew Fort, a religion professor and one of the pioneers of Hunger Week.

Growing trend of coed rooming not expected on campus

Published Mar 30, 2007

Some of the top universities in the nation, including Harvard, Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan are allowing students of the opposite sex to live together. But, according to a TCU administrator, that's not in TCU's future.A new trend in residence halls across the nation is allowing students of the opposite sex to live together, according to an article from The Christian Science Monitor published in 2006.

Golf team ends tourney in fifth

Published Mar 30, 2007

The rain may have washed out 18 holes of a scheduled 54 at the men's golf tournament, but it didn't dampen the team's spirit. The team finished fifth out of a field of 14 at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate, beating, among others, the No. 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys.

The tournament results moved the Horned Frogs up in the national ranking of No. 36 to No. 30 and keeps the team in third place in the Mountain West Conference.

"This is the best tournament we've had all year," head coach Bill Montigel said.

Can-Do Attitude

Can-Do Attitude

Published Mar 30, 2007

LEGOs are no longer the building block of choice for students. Today and Saturday, students are using donated canned food to build creations in a design and building competition called Canstruction.Canstruction is a national charity program created by the Society for Design Administration, according to the Canstruction Web site.

"Not only does Canstruction tap into people's creative juices, it also gets cans to the food bank," said the Rev. Angela Kaufman, university minister and Heal Hunger Campaign sponsor.

Coal cheaper option, too harmful

Published Mar 30, 2007

Burning coal for energy causes more harm to the environment than it is worth. Gov. Rick Perry and Texas utility companies are in favor of 16 newly proposed coal-fired plants. Coal has been used in the past and has been proven dependable. Environmentalists, ranchers and many Texas mayors are concerned about air quality. Texas emits the most greenhouse gases of any state. Coal is a plentiful and cheap energy source, which is partially what makes it so appealing. However, burning coal pollutes the air tremendously.

Hunger Week ends, problem still persists

Published Mar 30, 2007

Although the 25th Annual Hunger Week comes to a close tomorrow, world hunger will remain a serious problem.Across the globe, more than 850 million people suffer from hunger, which charitable organization Bread for the World refers to as "the most extreme form of poverty."

The United Nations' food aid agency, the World Food Programme, reports hunger and malnutrition is the No. 1 risk to health worldwide - greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

Hotenough.org despicable idea

Published Mar 30, 2007

A consumer watch story concerning a Web site that rates people's attractiveness on a scale from one to 10 made big news on CBS 11's Web site Wednesday. HotEnough.org was created and is maintained by Jason Pellegrino and his business partner who said that online dating services do not draw an attractive enough crowd to please a younger audience.

America needs to own up to the idea that relationships are not based solely on attractiveness, they are based on overall compatibility.

Alum joins Hispanic Sports Hall of Fame

Published Mar 29, 2007

Coming to TCU from South Texas on a football and baseball scholarship was like dropping in by parachute, said the 1960 alumnus inducted into the National Hispanic Sports Hall of Fame on Friday.In the classroom, Rodemiro Gonzales said he developed a deep appreciation for education. He began to realize the potential he never thought he had growing up in Hebbronville, where the median income is less than $25,000 and the population is 90 percent Hispanic or Latino, according to the 2000 census report.

Heeling Hunger

Heeling Hunger

Published Mar 29, 2007

Dressed in white surgical masks, blue latex gloves and a rhinestone stethoscope, a TCU student paraded down the runway at a benefit auction and walked away with an award.Maelen Richie, a junior interior design major, competed in the fashion show segment of the International Interior Design Association Auction 2007 on Friday at the Grand Pavilion at Dallas Trade Mart. It was the tenth year for the annual event.