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Frogs abstain from food to honor religion

Published Oct 17, 2006

The Muslim Student Association held TCU's first fast-a-thon dinner at Smith Hall on Friday and plans to make this an annual event, said the MSA president. The dinner was held to recognize the end of Ramadan, which is Oct. 23, said Danielle Richter, the MSA president and a senior entrepreneurial management major.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year where Muslims fast for 30 days to observe what they believe is the time the Quran was sent from heaven, said Sanober Lateef, a sophomore biology major.

New white-paper concept will combine department ideas

Published Oct 17, 2006

Vision in Action committee members met with faculty and staff at the Student Center on Monday to talk about changes in the application process for funding of new university developments. Leo Munson, associate...

Secondary teachers get lesson in biology

Published Oct 17, 2006

Middle school and high school teachers participating in a Contemporary Issues in Biology workshop finished their third follow-up session Saturday in Arlington. With money from a teaching quality grant issued by the state of Texas, TCU instructors have developed a workshop series for middle school and high school science teachers based on the information that is taught during the Contemporary Issues in Biology course, said Molly Weinburgh, director of the Institute of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.

Small-scale engineering allows students to innovate

Published Oct 17, 2006

An engineering professor and two undergraduate students are working to develop new technologies with the help of grants from two Dallas/Fort Worth-based companies.Edward Kolesar, W.A. Moncrief professor of engineering, Brandon Least, junior mechanical engineering major and Jeff Tippey, junior electrical engineering major, are using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology to create a wireless sensor for helicopter blades and a mechanical eye.

Dance show gives outlet to student choreography

Dance show gives outlet to student choreography

Published Oct 17, 2006

Four dancers dressed in black leotards stood poised before a bleacher- and balcony-filled dance studio Monday at this semester's Brown Bag Dance performance.Brown Bag Dance is an event put on each semester by dance students and serves as an opportunity for them to gain experience and express themselves through their performance and choreography, said Krista Jennings, a junior ballet/modern dance and English major.

"We have to find the time and space," Jennings said. "It's something we take into our own hands because we want to do it."

KTCU needs listeners’ ideas for new, edgy logo

Published Oct 17, 2006

The sky is the limit at KTCU 88.7 FM The Choice as the station seeks to replace the outdated logo with something a little more hip, said the station manager for The Choice.Russell Scott, KTCU's station manager, said the station is holding a contest open to all listeners, but said he wants the logo contest to appeal to students in particular.

"We're hoping it has some purple in it, but it's certainly not limited to just purple," Scott said.

The only requirements Scott said he has for the new logo is that it contains KTCU, The Choice, FM 88.7 and Fort Worth.

Soccer: Winless weekend leaves team looking to maintain its focus

Published Oct 17, 2006

Although the Frogs are just better than .500, the team, which went 0-1-1 during the weekend, played hard and worked on its fundamentals.The Frogs (6-7-3, 0-2-2 MWC) tied the Wyoming Cowgirls Friday night at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium and lost to the UNLV Rebels Sunday in Las Vegas.

Freshman midfielder Michelle Nguyen said although the Frogs didn't win the game, the team played to its fullest.

Appearance isn’t everything, celebrate Love Your Body Day

Published Oct 17, 2006

Do you like what you see when you look in the mirror? How many times have we heard this question, particularly directed toward women? But seriously, do you like what you see?

In the movie "Mean Girls," to quote a beloved and, of course, credible source, one of the main characters who comes into the "popular crowd" observes she "never knew there could be so many things wrong with your body." Another girl looks at her hands and says, "My cuticles are horrible."

Seriously?

Mr./Ms. TCU guidelines unfair

Published Oct 17, 2006

The Mr./Ms. TCU competition isn't exactly gaining popularity from the student body this year due to the disqualification of three Ms. TCU candidates last week.Seniors Liz Hamner, Jill Rutherford and Katie...

Facebook groups meant to honor, not solicit votes

Published Oct 17, 2006

Good students need not be punished for being well-liked.On behalf of the three ineligible Ms. TCU nominees, I, along with several other angered individuals, would like to express our complete disgust for the way our university has handled the situation of disqualifying Ms. TCU nominees due to Facebook groups.

Yes, you read correctly: Facebook. Ludicrous? I know. But we'll get to that later.

Since having Facebook groups made without their knowledge, three women have been deemed ineligible from the race by the university.

Frogs’ consistency lacking, coach says

Published Oct 17, 2006

With the men's golf fall season coming to an end, the Frogs are looking to regain focus so the team does not repeat the performance it had at this past weekend's tournament, said Bill Montigel, the head men's golf coach.The team placed 11th among the 15-team field this weekend at the annual Ridges Intercollegiate in Jonesborough, Tenn.

For the first time in seven years, the team finished outside the top three.

Task force pursues honor code

Published Oct 13, 2006

Once again, the Student Government Association's new task force is working to institute an honor code at TCU. This time, a pilot program is targeted for next semester.SGA President Trevor Heaney said the council has never given up on the idea of an honor code but has been re-evaluating past efforts.

Heaney said the task force was created to research individual TCU honor codes it could expand on to ensure the honor code will be schoolwide.