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TCU 360

Beth’s Burrito Reviews

Published Sep 23, 2005

Baja FreshThe burrito definitely lived up to its name and tasted fresh. Sadly, though, it was rather bland even after doused with Baja Grill's hot Salsa Roja. The vegetables were also good, but overgrilled....

Afternoon burrito quest reaffirms old favorite for best service, portion size

Published Sep 23, 2005

Stuffed with soft rice, steaming black beans, melted cheese and spicy, fresh pico de gallo, good burritos are nearly impossible not to love.TCU students seem to agree. On any given night of the week, local burrito places such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and Freebirds World Burrito are packed with hungry college students trying to exact their days' worth of calories from a food that comes wrapped in foil.

Female driver just as capable of escorting

Female driver just as capable of escorting

Published Sep 23, 2005

It is 3 a.m. You've been out late with your friends and as you come back to TCU, your friends park in the coliseum parking lot. You live on the other side of campus and realize you are left alone to walk back to your dorm. You are in a dimly lit parking lot and all you can hear is the rustling of the neighborhood TCU cats. You feel a bit uneasy about walking home; after all, it is 3 a.m.Do you: A) Walk alone to your dorm room and hope the boogie man won't spring out from the bushes, or B) call Froggie-Five-O?

Escort service: good intentions but has faults

Escort service: good intentions but has faults

Published Sep 23, 2005

Women live in a state of constant fear.We were taught to be fearful since the day we were born.

If I walk outside by myself at night, heaven forbid, my mom and friends freak out. They say I need to maintain the buddy system, or I just shouldn't go anywhere.

But who wants to stay indoors all day? I, for one, am not going to sit around and wait for some tough man to escort me to my car at midnight just because of a perceived potential danger.

Athletes look past investigation

Published Sep 22, 2005

TCU track and field members said TCU's legacy is still intact despite problems surrounding the program.Former head track and field coach Monte Stratton and his assistant coaches allegedly violated NCAA rules before Stratton was fired last September. The NCAA is conducting an investigation of TCU, but a decision has not been announced. Last year, the program operated under self-imposed sanctions that banned the runners from post-season competition - both individual and team.

Sophomore sprinter Jay Cooper said he came to TCU because of the track tradition.

Local woman lends hand, houses 80 family members

Local woman lends hand, houses 80 family members

Published Sep 22, 2005

Geraldine Robinson thinks she is just doing her duty to her family.Her family thinks she is a hero.

Since Hurricane Katrina, Robinson, 57, has housed - at least temporarily - about 80 relatives in her 2,800 square-foot house in Grand Prairie.

"It's just something I'm supposed to do," Robinson said. "It's not heroic."

Tell that to Starcylin Williams, Robinson's niece, who evacuated New Orleans.

"I tell her every day I thank God for her," Williams said.

Benefit concert aids owner

Published Sep 22, 2005

When one of the owners of Ridglea Theater was diagnosed with double pneumonia and other complications about eight weeks ago, a number of bands wanted to help pay the bills.So they did the natural thing. They scheduled a concert.

The metal concert is Sept. 23, and doors open at 6 p.m.

Band members from around the area think of Ridglea Theater as home, and husband-and-wife owners Wesley Hathaway and Richard Van Zandt as family, the owners said.

Jeff Ogle of the band Lockjaw told Hathaway, "It's like going to grandma's house."

Students fear for families

Published Sep 22, 2005

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, TCU students worry about family and friends in Galveston, Houston and the surrounding areas as Hurricane Rita heads toward Texas.Janet Hess, a parent of a TCU student, has been living in Houston after being relocated from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Hess teaches at a school for evacuated children.

"Houston has been unbelievably generous," Hess said.

Movie Review

Published Sep 22, 2005

Comparing "Just Like Heaven" to 1990's "Ghost" because of an ethereal main character would give everyone the wrong impression of this film.Reese Witherspoon plays a love-starved, corporally-challenged doctor who begins haunting her old apartment, and its new resident, Mark Ruffalo, after a car accident.

Unlike the Patrick Swayze character in "Ghost," Witherspoon's character faces a much more complex dilemma - she is a spirit with amnesia.

Album Review – Old 97’s

Published Sep 22, 2005

On the inside cover of the Old 97's first live release, "Alive and Wired", guitarist Ken Bethea introduces the double-disc set by saying, "When I think of the Old 97's, the thing that makes me the most...

Fraternity raises awareness, money for Push America

Fraternity raises awareness, money for Push America

Published Sep 22, 2005

Music blasted as students gathered beside Frog Fountain to watch sorority teams compete in a playground-style wheelchair basketball tournament.Sorority members wore matching shirts and cheered on their teammates, who competed against each other in several three-on-three half-court games.

Push Week - Pi Kappa Phi fraternity's three-day effort to promote Push America, a philanthropy benefitting disabled children - concluded Wednesday with the tournament.

Album Review – Coheed and Cambria

Published Sep 22, 2005

Forming the third piece of Coheed and Cambria's concept album tetralogy, "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" is over-the-top in ways the band's previous release, 2003's "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3," doesn't come close to matching.Beginning with a new symphonic rendition of the theme music common to all previous releases, the first two tracks are light and acoustic-based, yet still convey an ominous atmosphere that holds the listener until the more energetic music kicks in with track three.