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Evaluations target areas to improve teaching

Published Nov 15, 2005

Erica Savage has had professors she could not stand.Savage, a sophomore Spanish major, said she has used TCU's Student Perception of Teaching forms a few times to complain about professors.

She said the forms are important because they give students a chance to voice their opinions. And in one situation, she said, her complaints were heard.

Savage said she took second- and third-level Spanish classes from the same professor. She said the professor changed the third-level class in the specific areas targeted by students in the previous class's evaluations.

Your View

Published Nov 15, 2005

While reading the Nov. 10 Skiff View, I was outraged to read the incoherent opinion about SGA's lack of communication to the student body. The Skiff assigned two reporters to SGA, and most of their SGA stories are weeded out. This statement is true because the Skiff published six SGA articles this semester compared to 21 last spring. Then it makes perfect sense why a farfetched article is the flatulence of a lack of SGA coverage.The editorial board mistakenly believes a low voter turnout is the result of SGA's lack of communication to the student body.

Mavericks owner comes to campus

Published Nov 15, 2005

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will speak at 9:30 a.m. today in the Brown-Lupton Student Center Lounge.During a 30-minute question and answer session, Cuban will be discussing Mavs U.

Mavs U is a program through which college students will be able to purchase tickets to professional basketball games for $10.

"Students could get Platinum-Level seats for $10," said Natalie Boone, the Programming Council adviser.

Ticket purchases will be based on availability for any Premium Upper Level ticket to any weekday home games.

Swiming – Runner qualifies for nationals

Published Nov 15, 2005

Senior Kip Kangogo will compete in the Cross Country National Championships after qualifying Saturday by finishing fourth in the NCAA Cross Country South Central Regional Championships in Waco. Kangogo's time of 30.34.60 led the men's team to a seventh-place finish out of 23 teams.

The top two teams, Arkansas and Texas, qualified for nationals.

"I am happy to set an example for the team, which is very young, and be able to show them that they can go to nationals," Kangogo said.

Bilingual workshop at TCU

Published Nov 15, 2005

As the world changes and the traditional centers of Christianity change, so must the efforts to spread the Gospel, attendees at Saturday's bilingual workshop were told.The workshop, organized by the Brite Borderlands Center for Latina/Latino Church Studies, was taught by the Rev. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi and drew about 20 members from the TCU community.

The Borderlands Center is a part of Brite that tries to provide continuing education events for ministers and church leaders already working in churches, according to a Borderlands Center brochure.

Football - Frogs end winning season, look toward bowl

Football – Frogs end winning season, look toward bowl

Published Nov 15, 2005

After completing an 11-game-in-11-week stretch with a 51-3 drubbing of Nevada-Las Vegas to seal an undefeated conference season Saturday night, the Horned Frogs have some time to do a little bit of scoreboard watching as other schools finish their schedules. Just don't suggest to head coach Gary Patterson that the layoff between Saturday and likely a late-December bowl date will give the Frogs a chance to take it easy.

"What layoff?" Patterson said. "We'll start Tuesday or Wednesday. We'll start back in the weight room."

Editor’s Brief

Published Nov 15, 2005

New positions for Image magazine and the Daily Skiff were named Friday.Senior news-editorial journalism major Courtney Reese was named editor in chief of the Skiff; senior advertising/public relations major Holly Johnson was named ad manager for the Skiff; and senior news-editorial journalism major Jenny Eure was named editor in chief of Image magazine.

"I want to make sure we continue to give them (the readers) what they want and need to hear," Eure said.

Johnson said she is excited about the semester ahead.

Public transit benefits Metroplex

Published Nov 15, 2005

Many students already take advantage of the shuttle between Worth Hills and the Student Center, but taking the T to other destinations in the city will help both students and the city itself.The T is a public bus system that services downtown Fort Worth and various places in Tarrant County.

From TCU, you can catch the bus and go to various restaurants, movie theaters and shopping malls.

These trips do not take long, and buses run throughout the week.

Students signing up to lease apartments

Students signing up to lease apartments

Published Nov 15, 2005

Students jumped at the chance to reserve a spot in the GrandMarc at Westberry Place apartment complex Monday at the grand opening of the leasing office.Joanna Baylock, a GrandMarc representative, said there has been a steady flow of students visiting the office to receive leasing information and to pre-lease apartments.

"We have already leased 10 of 244 units," Baylock said.

Johanna Janovsky, the leasing office business manager, said she didn't know how students would react to the price of the apartments, but said she is pleased with the turnout.

Honoring the fallen

Honoring the fallen

Published Nov 15, 2005

TCU veterans reunited with fellow comrades Saturday as they strolled past the names of fallen Horned Frogs displayed on granite plaques at the dedication ceremony of TCU's Veterans Plaza.The Veterans Plaza, a $150,000 project funded by private donors and initiated by Texas Secretary of State and TCU Board of Trustee member Roger Williams, celebrates the lives of Horned Frogs who served in both World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq, said Chancellor Victor Boschini.

Your View

Published Nov 15, 2005

The morning after student body elections on Tuesday, I anticipated the coverage the winners and run-off candidates would receive in the Skiff, as they do every year. Instead, I was appalled at the miniscule textbox, with an even smaller font, merely listing the winners. No quotes, no voter turnout, no referendum results, and certainly no "Check out more at www.tcudailyskiff.com." I later found an article covering the elections on the Web site but only because I was seeking it out, not because the Skiff told me it was there.

Your View

Published Nov 15, 2005

As most of us know, the Student Government Association elections were this past Tuesday, Nov. 8. But what not all of us know is who was actually running. True, they do post signs up and down the sidewalks on the way to class, but who are they really?As a member of a sorority, I was exposed to some of the candidates and what their agendas would consist of if elected. However, only one running for treasurer, one for vice president, and four of the five candidates for president came by.