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Web site changes offer too much information

Published Sep 6, 2006

Facebook has gone Big Brother.More than one year ago, before you could add photo albums to Facebook and tag images of your friends, before you could change your status to let the entire Internet world know when you were "in class" or "eating a sandwich," professors were calling the online phenomenon "Stalker.com."

Students dismissed such warnings and remained loyal to the global communication network, and now Facebook has gone too far.

Short attention span human nature

Published Sep 6, 2006

All across the country, millions of children are rushing to the nearest pharmacy to pick up certain prescription medications. Once they have the medicine in hand, they must take it religiously every day, never forgetting a single dose. After all, their doctors did deem it necessary, so it must be of the utmost urgency.What could this all mean? An outbreak of bubonic plague? Tuberculosis? Lyme disease? No. It's just another case of America's favorite little "ailment that could," ADD.

Frogs leap past Bears 17-7

Frogs leap past Bears 17-7

Published Sep 3, 2006

In front of a crowd of 42,733, the TCU Horned Frogs proved just how important conditioning is Sunday with a win over the Baylor Bears 17-7.The Frogs spent the summer practicing through the heat of the afternoon readying themselves for what they knew would be a tough game, head coach Gary Patterson said.

"It paid off." said Herbert Taylor, senior left tackle. "Those guys were dropping, and we kept going."

Participation increases in fraternity recruitment

Participation increases in fraternity recruitment

Published Sep 1, 2006

TCU's Interfraternity Council is jumping into a new school year with more than 300 new members, a slight increase from last fall, IFC's adviser said.Fraternities wrapped up recruitment Wednesday with 308 pledges on Bid Day and welcomed their new pledge classes in front of Sadler Hall.

Although 324 men were offered bids, only 308 signed their bid cards, IFC adviser Jonathan Elder said. However, more men are expected to accept their invitations, he added.

Greek housing to use student appeal board

Published Sep 1, 2006

A new peer discipline board, made up of students from different residence halls across campus, will now hear alcohol appeals from both Greek and non-Greek housing, said an assistant dean of campus life. Before this year, the Residential Living Commission only heard alcohol appeals for non-Greek housing, said Barbara Hawkins, associate director of Residential Living. The commission had three student-representatives from each non-Greek dorm, she said.

Women’s soccer to face strong competition in Tulsa tournament

Published Sep 1, 2006

The TCU women's soccer team returns to the field this weekend to take on Tulsa and Oral Roberts in the Tulsa University Women's Soccer/Grover Classic.TCU will play Tulsa at 7 p.m., Friday and Oral Roberts at 1:30 p.m., Sunday. Both games will be played at Tulsa's Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium.

The Lady Frogs are coming off close defeats to the Rice Owls (1-0) and the Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0).

New coach hopes to go far

Published Sep 1, 2006

With recent changes to the program, including the appointment of a new head coach, the women's tennis team remains confident they can continue to be successful and improve. Following the appointment of...

Increased diversity beneficial to students

Published Sep 1, 2006

The college experience is supposed to be an eye-opening, perception-changing one.We leave the social upbringing of our youth to be exposed to a different world we've only heard about, or perhaps have seen...

Advising should be made simpler for all

Published Sep 1, 2006

The beginning of each semester can be stressful for students: new classes, teachers, tests and challenges. But are the classes you're fretting over even the ones you need to be taking? The professor from your department swears these are the right classes and that you must take them now in order to graduate on time.It's hard to believe that majority of professors on campus are familiar enough with TCU core curriculum to advise students correctly on every class they need to take each semester.

Comedy troupe protests loss of venue

Published Sep 1, 2006

Members of Senseless Acts of Comedy were dressed in tin foil, wigs and paper bags Thursday in what they said was an effort to make students aware that SAC may lose their performance space.Members of the group were dressed as homeless people to symbolize that they may not be able to perform in Moudy Building 141 North, after four years of using the room, said Justin Kirchhoff, senior criminal justice major and member of SAC.

Where in the World?

Published Sep 1, 2006

"Welcome to the middle of nowhere."This is often the exact reaction many people have when they are traveling through a remote small town.

They look left, then they look right and see a couple of houses, but not much else. "Do people actually live here?" is the common question asked among visitors.

The truth is people do live in these small towns and most will defend their birthplace until they are blue in the face.

This is the case with Rachel Skinner, a senior radio-TV-film major, whose hometown is Lawn, Texas.

Workers claim unfair treatment by employer

Published Sep 1, 2006

TCU's campus has become a stage for labor protests against a Dallas-based construction company sub-contracted for work at TCU.Seven employees from Great Western Erectors, a concrete steel reinforcing company, and an Iron Worker International Union worker have been on campus this week claiming the company mistreats its employees.

William Morales, an employee for Great Western Erectors and one of the protesters, said his company treats its employees unfairly.