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Your View: Women should get exams

Published Apr 27, 2006

Access to health care is at an all-time high in the United States, but recent research is showing that college-aged women are not utilizing the resources available for preventive care. I would like to...

Bilingual schools end xenophobia

Bilingual schools end xenophobia

Published Apr 26, 2006

Of all of the immigrant issues, one of the most volatile is language.Though the United States has no official language, English has somehow come to be accepted as a part of our national identity. U.S. citizens live, learn and work in English.

So when a group of people moves in and speaks another language, and that language begins to appear on signs and commercials, Americans grow nervous - we see it as a threat to our identity and culture.

But what culture is that?

Residence opens new leasing office

Published Apr 26, 2006

The leasing office for the GrandMarc at Westberry Place is the first business to move in to it's new home at 2855 West Bowie Street.Johanna Janovsky, business manager for the GrandMarc, said staff members have given about 50 tours to prospective tenants since arriving last week.

Currently, three apartments are available to tour, including the fully-furnished apartment No. 206, which costs about $820 a month, said Josh Austin, 23, a leasing consultant at the GrandMarc.

University gives GrandMarc firm students’ e-mails

Published Apr 26, 2006

TCU's e-mail woes might not get any better this week.For marketing purposes, TCU administration provided the e-mail addresses of future junior and senior students to the Dallas-based firm in charge of promoting the GrandMarc at Westberry Place, said the project manager for the firm.

"The developer and the contractor work very closely with TCU," said Julie Ratcliff, project manager at kREED Company.

Dean: Coordinator has what TCU needs

Published Apr 26, 2006

While most of the other TCU Greek councils' Web sites have an abundance of information, the Multicultural Greek Council Web site states, "Information coming soon," but this is all about to change with the hiring of a new program coordinator.Gaius George, a U.S. Virgin Islands native, was hired to advise the MGC and said he wants to see the organizations flourish.

"I want to get the MGC up and running to where it is self-maintaining," George said. "It is not my first go-around starting up a Greek council."

Campus Growing Pains

Campus Growing Pains

Published Apr 26, 2006

As more and more university buildings and parking lots appear around campus, more private businesses disappear, a local business owner said.Dallas Kirbie, who owns Fox's Barbershop, which is one of the few private businesses immediately east of campus whose property does not belong to TCU, said TCU's campus has been growing in all directions over the past 50 years.

"It's like I'm on a razorblade," Kirbie said about TCU's expansion. "On one hand, with their improvements and buildings around me, it's been great, but I'm squeezed for parking."

Campus parking to change drastically, Mills says

Published Apr 26, 2006

Parking in the center of campus will be gone after May 23, but several new parking lots on the outer parts of campus will offer alternatives, Don Mills, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, said Tuesday at a town hall meeting.Mills said TCU has been working with a parking consultant group, Walker Parking Consultants, to make changes to TCU's traffic patterns. Because of the construction of four residence halls and the new student union building, parking in the area of the quad, including the visitor and 30-minute lots, Colby Hall and Moncrief Hall will all be gone, he said.

Rec staff: Report broken machines

Published Apr 26, 2006

The 3-year-old, $30 million University Recreation Center is considered the most attractive place on campus to many students, said senior physics and math major, Clint Ogujiofor.But despite the best efforts of Rec Center staff to keep it that way, occasional breakdowns with Rec Center equipment do occur.

Of the nearly 1,200 students who come into the Rec Center daily, few know what they can do if equipment breaks down or malfunctions.

Commentary: Sound Improvements do not make up for lacking radio content

Published Apr 26, 2006

Being the technophile I am, I could not merely take everyone at his or her word when they said HD radio was a huge improvement. So when Clear Channel offered up a slightly used demo unit, I couldn't help sharing my thoughts on the new technology.Though it took a few moments to pick up the HD signal and switch from analog to digital, once I found the place with the best reception, every station with a digital signal showed a marked improvement in sound. Static is, as advertised, gone when you are on digital.

High-Def Nation

Published Apr 26, 2006

If you haven't already heard the advertising blitz on your radio station of choice, you soon will. The station you are listening to wants you to know they have it. Electronics stores want you to buy it. Between the ads for the video games, restaurants and energy drinks, we keep hearing about it: High Definition Radio.Radio stations throughout Dallas and Fort Worth are beginning a transition, like their television counterparts, to all-digital content in an effort to improve the quality of their products.

Baylor justified in banning nude posing

Published Apr 26, 2006

Naked. It's how we were born; some would argue that's how the higher power of this world intended us to be. Although Baylor University has not condemned the act of being naked, it has condemned the act of being naked in a publication. Baylor has threatened any female students who plan to pose for the Big 12 issue of Playboy with consequences that include anything from a warning to expulsion, according to an Associated Press article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Women’s team preparing for MWC tourney

Published Apr 26, 2006

The TCU women's tennis team is taking a seven-game winning streak into the Mountain West Conference Tournament this week. The Frogs are scheduled to begin play Thursday in San Diego.Junior Ana Cetnik said the team is not planning to change much about its game plan in terms of preparing for the upcoming games.

Since TCU has already played against the teams competing in the MWC tournament, the Frogs have a good idea of the competition they are up against this week.

Head coach Dave Borelli said the team is focusing on trying to play better with each game.