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Scientific development makes the future brighter

Published Jan 27, 2011

More and more these days, I feel like I am living in the future. OK, flying cars have yet to materialize, and we're still waiting on the hostile robot takeover, but nonetheless, the revels of modern science...

Three new fraternities to join Interfraternity Council

Published Jan 27, 2011

The TCU Board of Trustees approved the addition of three new fraternities to the Interfraternity Council within the next three years, Keith Becklin, an IFC adviser, said.

IFC made the decision to add more organizations after noticing about 400 men were without a fraternity to join at the end of the recruitment process, he said.

Becklin said that once IFC received information from interested fraternities, it will begin discussing which fraternities should be added to the campus.

Passport processing available in Reed Hall

Published Jan 27, 2011

Students, faculty, staff and community members looking to travel out of the country can receive passport processing services from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2 in Reed Hall, Room 214. The Center...

Fort Worth streets to close during ‘Super Week’

Published Jan 27, 2011

Streets in downtown Fort Worth will be closed during "Super Week," a string of planned events from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6 leading up to Super Bowl XLV.

According to information on Fort Worth's official website, sections of 4th, 12th, 14th and 15th streets will be temporarily closed, as well as parts of Houston Street and Main Street.

Sagar Bathija, a senior finance and accounting major, works downtown at Q Investments. The street closures near his workplace will make his commute to work more stressful, he said.

Swimming & diving swims second-to-last home meet against BYU and UNM

Swimming & diving swims second-to-last home meet against BYU and UNM

Published Jan 27, 2011

TCU's swimming & diving team will compete in a dual meet against New Mexico and BYU at 6 p.m. Friday at the TCU University Recreation Center Natatorium. The men's team enters the meet at 3-1 (3-1 MWC),...

New MTV show should consider responsibility to audience

Published Jan 27, 2011

Sex, drugs and homeroom; all just a day in the life of the characters of MTV's scandalous new show, "Skins." When these high school teens aren't scribbling notes in class or munching...

TCU weekend sports lineup

Published Jan 27, 2011

Men's tennis

vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Men's tennis will play Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at home on Saturday after the Frogs defeated both the University of Texas at Arlington and University of Texas-Pan American 6-1 last weekend. The Islanders dropped their last match at New Mexico 7-0. The Islanders will face Baylor in Waco on Friday before arriving in Fort Worth to play TCU Saturday.

WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday

WHERE: Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center

Women's basketball at Air Force

Horned Frogs' baseball lineup: pitchers

Horned Frogs’ baseball lineup: pitchers

Published Jan 27, 2011

With one of the strongest pitching programs in the nation, the Horned Frogs are poised to get back to Omaha, Neb., after their first College World Series berth last season.

TCU has five pitchers returning this year who made appearances in the CWS in June. Returning pitchers include seniors Trent Appleby and Steven Maxwell, junior Erik Miller, sophomore Matt Purke and junior Kyle Winkler.

Purke, the 2010 Consensus Freshman of the Year, will headline TCU's starting rotation after he posted a 16-0 record in 2010 and won all his decisions in the 2010 postseason.

Criticism of Culter unwarranted

Published Jan 27, 2011

When Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler came out of the NFC Championship Game in the third quarter last Sunday against the Green Bay Packers after a putrid first half because of a sprained knee, the reaction among active NFL players, as well as members in the media, was universally negative. Maurice Jones-Drew, a star running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars, tweeted during the game, "the urban meyer rule is in effect right now... When the going gets tough........QUIT."

TCU track & field up for the challenge

TCU track & field up for the challenge

Published Jan 27, 2011

Every season, there's a challenge. And this season the TCU track and field crew is up for the challenge, laced up and ready to compete like never before. All-Americans Festus Kigan, Mychal Dungey and...

Horned Frogs aim to ground Air Force Saturday

Horned Frogs aim to ground Air Force Saturday

Published Jan 27, 2011

TCU's Saturday conference game against Air Force at 5:00 p.m. at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum will be more than just an opportunity for TCU to snap its four-game losing streak.

TCU will retire James Cash Jr.'s No. 54 jersey at halftime. Cash was the first African-American to play in the Southwest Conference from 1967-69 and also became the first full-time African-American professor at the Harvard Business School.

Cash also led TCU to a SWC championship in the 1967-68 season and is in the top-five all-time for TCU career points and rebounds.

GrandMarc residents will participate in cold water competition

GrandMarc residents will participate in cold water competition

Published Jan 27, 2011

The GrandMarc's north tower pool will be an unfriendly 40 degrees for Friday's Polar Bear Plunge, an event where participants compete to see who can stay in the pool the longest.

Residence Hall Association Senator DJ Walsted said the event will be raising money for the Samaritan House by accepting donations from the contest's participants. Fifty cent hot chocolate and free s'mores will be provided at the event.

"We are trying to build a community and awareness that the GrandMarc is holding events and has fun stuff to do for TCU," Walsted said.