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Deferred recruitment unlikely

Published Dec 1, 2005

Gregory Weaver didn't plan to join a fraternity.In fact, Weaver was moving into Milton Daniel Hall before his freshman year when members of Pi Kappa Phi helped him carry boxes. He recognized most of them from orientation and Frog Camp, and before long, Weaver signed a bid to join Pi Kap.

"I decided that I only wanted a Pi Kap bid," Weaver said. "It became something I really wanted to do."

he said getting to know the Pi Kaps outside formal recruitment made him want to join.

Game music worth a listen: More than random sounds

Game music worth a listen: More than random sounds

Published Dec 1, 2005

I don't try to hide it, and I don't try to deny it. I'm a nerd through and through, and I actually enjoy my nerd-dom.What makes me a nerd, you ask? Well, many things. But one of the foremost factors would have to be my love of video game music.

Wait, what's that? Video game music? As in the bleeps and bloops from your kid brother's Pok‚mon game on Game Boy?

Well, yes and no.

Video game music - or VGM as most fans call it - has evolved along with the electronic entertainment it accompanies.

Students: Ads provoke drinking

Published Dec 1, 2005

College students are prime tartgets for advertising about clothes, electronics, clubs and even alcohol promotions. College students ranked drinking beer as their favorite activity in a recent survey taken by the Student Monitor spring 2005 Lifestyle and Media survey of 1,200 full-time undergraduates from 100 campuses.

Alcohol producers and distributors see college students as their most valuable consumers, said Kim Miller of the Center for Science in the Public Interest based in Washington D.C.

Athletics: New athletics director enjoys college community

Athletics: New athletics director enjoys college community

Published Dec 1, 2005

TCU, please welcome the newest family of fans to the world of Horned Frog athletics: the Morrisons."There's absolutely no question about it, my passion is with TCU sports," said athletics director Danny Morrison, whom TCU hired in May.

Even though traditional norms call for executives to be calm and collected, Morrison said, he thrives on the intensity of college athletics.

"Sometimes my outside doesn't reflect the churning of my inside," Morrison said. "You do love the competitive fire, the passion of rooting for a team - and the reason is because you care."

Business school interview no longer screening process

Published Dec 1, 2005

Beginning next fall, freshmen won't have to worry so much about the interview to get into the business school.Currently, TCU students are required to have 60 hours, including business prerequisites, and pass tests over Microsoft Office programs to be able to apply. Then, the students go through a formal interview process, said Dan Short, dean of the business school.

Next fall, freshmen will be admitted directly into the business school, Short said. The business school will give the TCU admissions office a target number of freshmen to base admissions quota on.

State officials scramble for funds

Published Nov 30, 2005

A decade worth of battles in regular and special session state legislative sessions have yet to yield a solution for financing our Texas public schools.But now, the environment has changed.The Texas Supreme...

Men's Basketball - Despite injuries, Frogs ready to face Tech

Men’s Basketball – Despite injuries, Frogs ready to face Tech

Published Nov 30, 2005

Another day, another college basketball legend.The Horned Frogs (1-3) face Bob Knight's Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-2) on Wednesday, continuing TCU's recent string of stiff competition led by historic coaches. Knight is the NCAA's second all-time wins leader with 858. The Frogs lost to Drake, led by John Davis (573 career wins), and Oklahoma State, led by Eddie Sutton (781 career wins), over the Thanksgiving weekend and will face Jim Boeheim (703 career wins) and the Syracuse Orange on Saturday.

Special Interest – Opinions vary regarding gay athletes

Published Nov 30, 2005

As a basketball player, Sheryl Swoopes has won three gold medals, four WNBA titles and is the reigning WNBA MVP, but all that seems to matter now is that she is a lesbian.In a recent article in ESPN The...

Graduate embraces new life, keeps TCU close

Graduate embraces new life, keeps TCU close

Published Nov 30, 2005

"Farewell, fair cruelty." - William ShakespeareYeah, I'm with Willy on that one. It was only days ago, that I was asked if I had any good-byes that I would wish to make - and I do. There is no better place to do it than here for the rest of the classes below me to read.

This December, I part from the university - please don't cry for me -- I know I'm a tough loss to handle.

That's right, I am a super senior. But you know what they say, "Graduating in four years is like leaving the party at 10 p.m.; sure, it may be responsible, but it's not near as much fun."

Women’s Basketball – Lady Frogs, 2-2, to face 20th-ranked Oklahoma

Published Nov 30, 2005

The TCU Lady Frogs will face 20th-ranked Oklahoma on Wednesday night in Norman.TCU head coach Jeff Mittie said the Sooners were led by a good freshman inside player.

Oklahoma freshman center Courtney Paris is averaging 21.7 points and 12.3 rebounds a game, according to www.soonersports.com.

Paris was recently named Big 12 Rookie of the Week.

Mittie said Oklahoma also had veteran perimeter players.

"They are a good, hard-nosed basketball team," Mittie said.

He said Oklahoma has played more games than the Lady Frogs.

When college co-eds raise their standards, chivalry will follow

Published Nov 30, 2005

Too often ladies tell me the dating scene here at TCU is dead or dying, that it is lost forever to modern society's preoccupation with sex and alcohol and that nothing can bring it back.Well, guess what:...

Death penalty helps none

Death penalty helps none

Published Nov 30, 2005

This month prosecutors - including my stepfather, Joe Shannon - accused Edward Lee Busby Jr. of robbing Laura Lee Crane, a former director of Starpoint School at TCU, and then driving to Oklahoma with her in the trunk, killing her and leaving her body in the woods, head covered with duct tape, dead. Jurors found him guilty, no doubt a victory for Fort Worth and for TCU.The jury then sentenced Busby to death. Is this too a victory?