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Faced with reality, childhood securities fade

Faced with reality, childhood securities fade

Published Oct 26, 2005

Last Christmas break, I dug out the small metal box from a cabinet in the back bedroom of my childhood home. I sat down on my bed in Kansas and removed the dusty lid, revealing a bundle of letters tied loosely with string.The letters are 35 years old. They tell the story of my father, a 20-year-old boy-turned-soldier fighting in the jungle. The postmarks read "Vietnam."

Until Monday's hotel attacks in Iraq, this was my only real experience with war. Although the three large car bombs exploded near the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, I felt the aftershocks in London.

Frogs battle each other in Series

Published Oct 26, 2005

The culmination of four weeks of fall practice, the Purple and White World Series, will begin today at 3:15 p.m. at Lupton Stadium. The five-game series will last through Sunday.Sophomore catcher Andrew Walker said he is looking forward to separating into teams and the increased competition between players that will come with the split.

"It'll be fun to get out here and divide up into teams," Walker said. "It's a real competitive atmosphere instead of just doing the same drills every single day. It's a lot more fun."

Brite professor inaugurated

Published Oct 26, 2005

The "encouraging" Brite Divinity School professor Russell W. Dalton was inaugurated Tuesday as the associate professor of Christian education during his second year at Brite."It's been a while since Brite has had a Christian education professor," Dalton said. "I want to inspire students to be aware of Christian education."

At Brite, Dalton has taught classes such as youth ministries, ministries with children, ministry in the digital culture and faith and film.

Rosa Parks leaves lasting impact

Published Oct 26, 2005

Although Rosa Parks went to jail for defending her own dignity, her actions influenced the TCU community 10 years later. In 1964, the TCU Board of Trustees allowed the university to accept students of races other than white.Rosa Parks died Monday of natural causes at the age of 92.

James Riddlesperger, chairman of the political science department, said Rosa Parks is a testimony to an average person making a difference in the world.

"She never set out to be a civil rights leader," Riddlesperger said. "She just was a common working wife and mother."

News brief

Published Oct 26, 2005

The TCU campus will be buzzing with high school students that are being mentored by student volunteers for TCU's "College Student for a Day" event today."College Student for a Day" is an event to help students at risk of dropping out of high school find the motivation to go to college, said Terence Kennedy, an Americorps VISTA volunteer at the Office of Community Outreach and Service Learning at TCU.

The event, hosted by the office of Community Outreach and Service Learning and the Multi-Cultural Greek Council, expects 100 high school students to attend the all-day program.

Your View – What would you do to improve Texas Christian University?

Published Oct 26, 2005

A monorail, moving sidewalks, free laptops and iPods are just a few outlandish ideas students, faculty and staff have suggested over the years. While these ideas may cause your knees to grow weak, do not get too excited, because few of their ideas will ever materialize. On a more optimistic note, there are numerous ways the TCU Community can implement a better life on campus.One thing I would like to see happen on campus is for all professors to start using real life examples in the classroom setting.

Drummers pick up the rhythm

Drummers pick up the rhythm

Published Oct 26, 2005

The sound of Indian and African drums bounce loudly and freely off the front walls of the Brown-Lupton Student Center bringing another flavor to the TCU campus.The rhythms come from a drum circle formed every other Wednesday night by members of the TCU Percussion Club.

"People wanting to get a late-night snack can come, jam and hang out," said Manny Arciniega, senior music education and music theory/composition major.

Darrin Hicks, president of the TCU Percussion Club, said he brings a bag full of shakers, tambourines and cowbells for anyone to play.

Sex offenders deserve some dignity, too

Sex offenders deserve some dignity, too

Published Oct 26, 2005

This Halloween, Parker County officials are trying something new. While children are trick-or-treating through neighborhood streets, the county's registered sex offenders will be behind closed doors at the probation office."It's a community safety issue," said Michael Stack, the director of the county's community supervision and correction department.

Stack said that, as part of probation, the offenders must follow this and any other requirements set forth by his department. This Halloween, they must stay in a classroom at the department's building from 6 to 10 p.m.

Sit down, take a stand

Published Oct 26, 2005

It's as though the tribute was predestined.The day following the death of a crusader for civil rights, TCU held a daylong conference on inclusiveness.It may have been a simple act when Rosa Parks refused...

Conference localizes global issues

Published Oct 26, 2005

From a student standpoint, the seventh annual TCU Inclusiveness Conference presented issues that aren't commonly discussed in the classroom setting, and from the faculty and staff perspective, it gave students the opportunity to grow, said Greg Trevi¤o, director of intercultural services.Students attended sessions on genocide, the role of the media, the impact of religion in the United States and women in developing worlds.

"I've learned more at this conference than what I hear from word of mouth and the media," Cleda Wang, a sophomore biology major, said.

Who cares?

Published Oct 26, 2005

College campuses across the United States have seen increasing protests against small wages of university workers.At Washington University, an organization demanding higher wages occupied the admissions office for 19 days, during six of which the students were on hunger strike.

At Georgetown University, students went without eating for nine days while staying in tents in the main square of campus.

A similar group formed at TCU this fall, yet organizers say these tactics are not in the planning.

Groups to rally for awareness

Published Oct 26, 2005

Bringing awareness to alcohol and drug abuse programs among elementary and middle school children through proactive education is the goal of Red Ribbon Week, said Sparkle Greenhaw, associate director at the TCU Alcohol and Drug Education Center.A Red Ribbon Week Rally, hosted by Student Development Services and Tarrant County Challenge, Inc. will be held at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Friday.

"We had over 2,000 elementary and high school students at the rally last year, and we are expecting even more this year," Greenhaw said.