TCU Black History Month 2006Wednesday, February 1
Kickoff - Real Talk
SC Lounge
12:00 p.m.
Student-led discussion on various topics that revolve around the Black community in Fort Worth and on the TCU campus.

Worship Service & Fellowship Dinner Honoring Black History
Robert Carr Chapel
5:15 p.m.
A nod to various leaders who have been instrumental in the Civil Rights arena, theology, social issues and more. A free fellowship dinner immediately following the service. Fellowship dinner immediately following service.

The women's tennis team is looking to break new ground in 2006 and take head coach Dave Borelli where he's never been before during his tenure at TCU: a conference championship podium."My goal is to try and win a conference championship," Borelli said. "I haven't won one here yet."

Even a Mountain West Conference victory would not fully satisfy Borelli, who won seven national championships at the University of Southern California before coming to TCU in 2002.

"We'd also like to finish in the Top 16, the Sweet 16 ... and host a regional," Borelli said.

Like most TCU rosters, the baseball team's features the usual crop of kids from Texas and one from Oklahoma. And then there's Eric Marshall. In coming to TCU, Marshall, a freshman right-handed pitcher from Barrington, Ill., followed a long lineage down the path to Fort Worth.

His grandfather played football for TCU in the 1940s. His father went to TCU. His mother, uncle, aunt - all Horned Frogs.

With the season almost complete, resting and relaxing is the last thing the TCU swimming and diving team has on its mind. Senior Brent Norcross, who specializes in sprints and the backstroke, said this team does things a bit differently than the competition.

"We train and swim up until our conference meet at the end of the year," Norcross said. "That is something most others don't do."

The conference tournament is on Feb. 22 in Oklahoma City. Norcross said that is when all the hard work will pay off.

Ministers Week brings together students, thinkers and ordained ministers for the purpose of "continuing education, for worship and for renewing relationships," said Stanley Hagadone, director of continuing education at the Brite Divinity School.A joint venture of TCU, Brite and University Christian Church, Ministers Week, from Feb. 6 to Feb. 9, will include a series of sermons, lectures and worship services.

Hagadone said there is great student and alumni participation in Ministers Week.

Canes will be twirling and feet will be stomping, as the TCU campus is set to host the first Funkytown Stompdown step show competition.The brothers of the Eta Psi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., with the assistance of the women of Zeta Tau Alpha, are organizing the show.

The show is a stepping competition that will consist of six competing teams and two exhibition routines. At a step show, teams perform a choreographed routine, which normally involves steps and chants.

In a game where the scores are big and the targets are small, TCU's rifle team has started the season in record fashion. The women's goals are quite precise: each bull's-eye they shoot at is roughly the...

Fair-trade coffee, which is available at Jazzman's Cafe, will soon be offered in the Starbucks locations on campus.Seth Harris, a sophomore sociology major, is one of the co-coordinators of Frogs for Fair Trade, the student activist group that brought fair-trade coffee to TCU.

Harris said fair-trade products, such as coffee, tea and fruit, ensure a fair price for the farmers and workers who produce them and help to support the small-scale farms that would not be able to survive on normal market prices.

The TCU men's tennis team said it is beginning the 2006 season with high expectations."I believe we have a great squad," head coach Joey Riv‚ said .

Last weekend, the team proved just how good they could be by defeating No. 36-ranked Texas A&M - Corpus Christi.

"It was a great start to win last weekend in the first match of the season," Riv‚ said. "I am very pleased, but there is a lot of room for improvement."

The Horned Frogs welcome three newcomers to the team: freshmen Andrei Mlendea, Kriegler Brink and Cosmin Cotet.