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Volleyball – Sport Brief

Published Nov 8, 2005

The TCU volleyball team extended its losing streak to four Sunday with a loss at Air Force.The Horned Frogs fell to the Falcons in three games.

Sophomore Loren Barry had 10 digs and three aces for TCU, and freshman Devon Kirk provided three kills in the first game.

Air Force's Kristin Hamlett had 16 kills. She finished the match hitting .333.

The loss followed another losing effort against New Mexico on Friday.

Student body elections to be held today

Published Nov 8, 2005

Students will voice their opinions today by voting for the next student body officers.Students can learn more about the candidates at www.sga.tcu.edu and www.tcudailyskiff.com. To vote, students can go to my.tcu.edu.

Student Government Association President David Watson said when students vote, they should keep in mind the candidates' platforms and look at leadership experience.

"(Students) should vote who they think is the best instead of who's their friend and who they know," Watson said.

Men’s Golf – Team finishes 12th in weekend tourney

Published Nov 8, 2005

The TCU men's golf team finished its fall season with a 12th-place finish at the Carpet Capital Collegiate in Rocky Face, Ga., this weekend, a tournament that the head coach said was one of the most difficult of the season.The tournament featured 18 teams, some of which are the best in the nation, said head coach Bill Montigel.

"But I would have liked to finish higher," he said. "We could have done better."

The greens were perfect, but the team had a terrible first round and Sunday was breezy, Montigel said.

Fort Worth seeking to regulate student renters near campus

Fort Worth seeking to regulate student renters near campus

Published Nov 8, 2005

Where there's thunder, there's lightning.And for residents in Bluebonnet Hills, a neighborhood located near TCU, the rumblings began almost two years ago.

It started with groups of as many as five people - or sometimes even more - living together in rental homes. Then residents began noticing parking congestion on their streets. Soon after, it was parties and alcohol consumption that caused some residents to consider moving, said Jim Johnson, Bluebonnet Hills Neighborhood Association president.

The storm may have spread across Fort Worth.

TCU develops robotic Smart Homes

TCU develops robotic Smart Homes

Published Nov 8, 2005

Imagine a living environment where elderly people can activate robots to perform routine tasks around the house by voice recognition.This futuristic idea is exactly what faculty and student researchers in the computer science department are working on in collaboration with University of Texas at Arlington researchers.

On a $140,000 grant by the National Science Foundation, the Smart Home, an ongoing area of research in artificial intelligence, was created three years ago in the Sid Richardson Building, said Richard Rinewalt, chairman of the computer science department.

Football - Frogs earn title with win over CSU

Football – Frogs earn title with win over CSU

Published Nov 8, 2005

Offensive firepower has been the focus of most of the talk surrounding the Frogs this year, but in Saturday's 33-6 title-clinching win over Colorado State, the defense stole the show. "We just have a fast defense," said senior defensive tackle Ranorris Ray. "Tonight was a real good showing. We played smash-mouth and flew around to the ball at the same time, and that caused a lot of problems for the offense."

The win over the second-place Rams locked up a championship for TCU in its first season in the Mountain West Conference.

Comedy group raising money for breast cancer research

Published Nov 8, 2005

The new goal of TCU's improvisational troupe, Senseless Acts of Comedy, is no laughing matter.The six-member troupe hosting "Improv for the Cure" is making its way through residence halls Wednesday nights for the remainder of the semester to raise money for breast cancer research.

"If we haven't been there yet, we will be soon," sophomore advertising/public relations major Michael Flusche said of their tour.

Flusche, a member of the troupe, was inspired to organize the efforts after his girlfriend's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer.

Your View – Amendment’s effects dubious

Published Nov 8, 2005

On Sprinkle's comments, my personal favorite was as follows: "This amendment will have an impact on the TCU community and affect Recruitment and retention, Camp said." How do you figure? So he believes that a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman affects TCU's Recruitment and retention? Now that's a stretch if I've ever heard one. And this person is teaching TCU students? I'm am truly blown away.Amy Shackelford Curry, class of 2000

Vote today: Let your voice be heard

Published Nov 8, 2005

While the minds of many on the TCU campus are turned toward today's vote on Proposition 2, we must not forget about the other reason to go to the polls: student body elections.Each fall, the Student Government Association changes its leadership by bringing in new faces with new ideas for improving the student experience. This is your chance as a student to decide who you want to represent you over the next year.

Eleven of our classmates have decided they want to make a difference and have "thrown their hat into the ring."

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! – Frogs defeat CSU, clinch conference title

Published Nov 5, 2005

The TCU Horned Frogs clinched their first outright conference title since 1958 in commanding fashion Saturday night, knocking off the Colorado State Rams 33-6 at Amon Carter Stadium.The title comes in...

Fans ‘think pink’ for breast cancer awareness

Published Nov 4, 2005

TCU fans are trading in their signature purple attire for a day and replacing it with all things pink.In an effort to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the athletics marketing department decided to "think pink," telling fans to wear pink to Saturday's football game against Colorado State.

"We wanted to marry TCU to a nonprofit organization in order to do something good for local people," said Jeff Crane, director of athletics marketing.

TCU is raising money by donating $5 to $10 of each ticket sold to the Komen Foundation.

Student leaders favor tuition cap

Published Nov 4, 2005

Intercom presented various topics to the Student Relations Committee Board of Trustees on Thursday in the Kelly Alumni Center, but tuition was on the minds of most.Intercom is a group of students, mostly presidents from different organizations, who present issues every year to the Board of Trustees.

Lance Kearns, president of Hyperfrogs, presented an alternative plan for setting tuition: a capped increase rate.