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Online Exclusive!!! SGA moves toward honor code, teachers control cheating through own means

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 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 that the honor code will be school-wide.

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.

Men’s tennis team to face Big 12, Big 10 competition

Published Oct 13, 2006

The men's tennis team will travel to Midland Friday to compete in the Racquet Club Invitational this weekend.The Horned Frogs will be tested as they get a taste of Big 12 and Big 10 competition. Some notable teams include the Texas Longhorns, the Baylor Bears and the Illinois Fighting Illini, all of whom appear on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's list of top 25 teams for 2006.

School spirit still here despite rubble

Published Oct 13, 2006

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven ... a time to break down, and a time to build up. ... A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together, according to Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. The university is breaking down and building up, casting away stones and gathering them together at a breakneck pace. As the horned frog is slowly losing its status as the TCU mascot and the construction crane is slipping into its place, many students might feel separated from their on-campus identity.

Ms. TCU nominees receive disqualification notices for rules violations

Published Oct 12, 2006

Three Ms. TCU candidates said they have been barred from today's ballot because of Facebook groups created on their behalf.Seniors Jill Rutherford, Liz Hamner and Katie Williams all said they received e-mails from Natalie Boone, an assistant director in the Student Center, informing them of their disqualifications because of a rule prohibiting solicitation.

Rutherford and Williams said they were contacted Monday, and Hamner said she was contacted Tuesday. Boone confirmed Wednesday morning that the disqualifications were because of Facebook groups.

MCAT receives new format, provides more testing days

Published Oct 12, 2006

Students who recently took the Medical College Admission Test are some of the last to view it in its pencil and paper format.Starting January 2007, the MCAT will only be offered in a computerized format, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Kristi Tebo, a junior neuroscience major, took the MCAT in August and is scheduled to receive the results of her test on Saturday.

"I am hoping I did as well as I did in the prep tests I took before," said Tebo, who took about nine prep tests with Kaplan.

Volleyball: Team spirit still high despite losses

Published Oct 12, 2006

The Horned Frogs' volleyball team looks to improve its record, and despite recent losses, is happy with its season thus far.The Frogs, who are 3-4 in the Mountain West Conference, host conference foe New Mexico Lobos on Friday night, and team members said they hope to bounce back after last weekend's two losses.

"We've had a really good start," junior right-side hitter Emily Allen said. "In preseason, we did well, and we've struggled a little in conference, but I think next time in conference, we're going to pull it together and do really, really well."

Research policies, issues before voting

Published Oct 12, 2006

College students are only a few short years away from entering the job market.How competitive will that market be? How much money will we have to pay in taxes once we receive that first paycheck? And what type of job security will there be?

Students assume they have little influence on the answers to these questions. But in reality, they do. Decisions affecting those issues will be made by the men and women elected to office - from local government to Washington D.C.

Picnic program gets late launch

Published Oct 12, 2006

There has been little interest in the Picnic-To-Go program since the program's launch Oct. 2, says the marketing manager for TCU Dining Services.As of now, no students have ordered or purchased the Picnic-To-Go packages, which, Dining Services marketing manager Legia Abato said, is mainly because there has not been great weather.

"This is something we have been working out for a while now, and there was too much going on at the beginning of the year for it to be launched," Abato said.

Text-messaging too confusing for meaningful conversations

Published Oct 12, 2006

Wuz up u goin 2 the party 2nite?no. can't hav hmwrk.

ok. call l8r

will u b my friend? i plan 2 talk thru text only. sry. i dont hav nuff time to call. i tell jokes w/ j/k after them 2 show im kiddin. i say wuz up but wont talk if i pass u. sry. i dont hav nuff time.

I'll admit I'm guilty of text messaging often. I'll admit I have some friends I don't talk to outside of text messaging. I'll admit I'll say something sarcastically and send a smiley face afterward to make sure the recipient of my text message knows I'm just kidding.

Runners hope for national bid

Published Oct 12, 2006

The invitational cross country meets have come to a close and the women's team is preparing for the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet this Saturday in Terra Haute, Ind.After placing in the top three team spots in their prior meets at North Texas and the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla., the Frogs will enter their largest race this season with hopes of better placement than last year's 25th-place finish out of 34 teams.

The Pre-Nationals is used to set the team qualifiers for the NCAA Championship race that takes place November 20.

Residents encounter problems

Published Oct 12, 2006

Broken elevators, unreliable Internet connection and constant construction: These are some of the problems students living in the GrandMarc at Westberry Place said they have encountered since the complex opened in August."The first weekend I was here I got stuck on the elevator for three hours," said sophomore marketing major Mark Aughinbaugh. "It just stopped between floors."

Johanna Janovsky, business manager for the GrandMarc, said the problems with the elevators were the result of maintenance work.