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Teams to battle for top spot in MWC

Teams to battle for top spot in MWC

Published Nov 4, 2005

The Horned Frogs play Colorado State on Saturday with a chance to do what no TCU football team has done in almost 50 years-: win an outright conference championship."I told the guys that they have a chance to do things that teams with LaDainian Tomlinson couldn't get done," said head football coach Gary Patterson. "You have a chance to do things that teams with Aaron Schobel, with Bo Schobel, couldn't get done."

If used, improved advising benefits students, staff

If used, improved advising benefits students, staff

Published Nov 4, 2005

The majority of advising on campus tends to leave something to be desired.Some students are misadvised and don't graduate on time. Others may not take the time to see their adviser. And still, others sign up for classes they don't need to graduate because no one - advisers or students - seems to know what is needed.

But TCU now has the opportunity to do something about it.

With the adoption of the new Core Curriculum, faculty, staff, administrators and even students have a chance to change advising for the better.

Team to compete against top-ranked schools

Published Nov 4, 2005

The No. 21 TCU men's golf team heads to Georgia this weekend to play at one of this fall's most prestigious tournaments, the head coach said.The Carpet Capital Collegiate in Rocky Face, Ga., will feature 18 teams, 13 of which are ranked in the NCAA's top 20, head coach Bill Montigel said.

The team will face tough competition against No. 6 Florida, No. 2 Georgia Tech and No. 1 Georgia, which won the NCAA in 2004, Montigel said.

Drew Laning, Jon McLean, Franklin Corpening, Jesse Speirs and Robby Ormand will tee off for TCU this weekend.

Panel: Proposition 2 not Christian

Published Nov 4, 2005

More than 50 people crowded into the Brown-Lupton Student Center Lounge on Thursday night to hear four professors voice their views that Proposition 2 not only denies U.S. citizens their fundamental rights but also goes against the Christian principles supporters use to defend it.Stephen Sprinkle, an associate professor of practical theology at Brite Divinity School, said the public misunderstands much of Proposition 2, which will ban gay marriage in Texas if passed and uses faulty religious reasons to defend it.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! – Athletic marketing to display classic car models before football game

Published Nov 4, 2005

Classic automobiles will be on display in Frog Alley as part of pregame festivities Saturday against the Colorado State Rams, according to athletic marketing."This simply is a fanfare event that definitely draws a crowd, and it's a great occasion that livens up Frog Alley," said Kelly Imig, assistant director of athletic marketing.

The second annual show is from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Season ends for Frog soccer

Season ends for Frog soccer

Published Nov 4, 2005

TCU's season came to an end Wednesday against Nevada-Las Vegas in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament when the Frogs fell to the Rebels 3-0.Head coach Dan Abdalla said he was proud of his team despite the outcome of the game.

"I was very happy with the effort they gave," he said. "They left everything on the field, kept battling until the end."

Neither team scored in the first half, but UNLV's Katie Carney broke the tie early in the second half.

Candidates display potential at SGA forum

Candidates display potential at SGA forum

Published Nov 4, 2005

Candidates for the Student Government Association presidency were split Thursday over how to curb TCU's rising annual tuition costs.Current SGA president David Watson mediated Thursday's debate, which included four of the six candidates discussing campus issues. Candidate John Campbell was absent, and Neal Jackson withdrew Sunday for personal reasons.

Although candidate Sheldon Pearson, a senior finance major, called high tuition costs a "losing cause," the other candidates had ideas for solving the problem.

Take time to vote on Proposition 2

Published Nov 4, 2005

Texans go to the polls Tuesday to vote on numerous issues, but the one in the spotlight is a proposed amendment to the state constitution outlawing same-sex marriages and any equivalent legal status similar to a marriage.The proposed amendment, Proposition 2, comes with a law already on the books in Texas, the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! - Fast food frenzy

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! – Fast food frenzy

Published Nov 4, 2005

About 150 students and community members gathered to watch five men with one purpose: to eat the most sandwiches in five minutes for $500.Three students, one campus minister and a Fort Worth resident ate turkey, lettuce and tomato sandwiches, competing against each other at the 2005 Potbelly's Bellybusting Sandwich Eating Contest Thursday night.

A junior football player and communications major, Chase Ortiz, was presented an oversized check, eating 2.9 sandwiches.

"I didn't have a method," Ortiz said. "I just ate the damn thing."

Help Wanted

Published Nov 4, 2005

The lectern at the front of Allison Nickel's freshman high school math class often stood empty. Nickel's teacher, Susan Boyd, was busy showing her students that math could be fun. Boyd's official teaching position seemed to be in the corner of the room - at her piano. It was there, at Abilene High School, where she often sat to teach algebra equations she set to the tune of well-known melodies. Nickel's favorite was the quadratic equation sung to "Pop Goes the Weasel."

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.