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No. 1 preseason ranking won’t affect baseball team’s focus

Published Jan 11, 2011

TCU baseball earned its first-ever No. 1 preseason ranking by Collegiate Baseball and was also named the 2010 NCAA Team of the Year by FieldTurf.

Head coach Jim Schlossnagle was also awarded FieldTurf's Coach of the Year honors, but while Schlossnagle said he believed the accolades are great for the program, he said it means nothing for the team going in to the 2011 season.

Is probable cause really enough?

Published Jan 11, 2011

A man from Rochester Hills, Mich. is in big trouble with his ex-wife for searching for clues of a suspected affair. Leon Walker, the third husband of Clara Walker, began snooping after Clara became extremely...

Dean Bailey purchases season tickets for the next TCU football season after their perfect season topped off by a Rose Bowl victory. Photo by Chelsea Katz

Stadium renovations limit single ticket sales

Published Jan 11, 2011

With the changes to the football stadium, all football season ticket holders would be accommodated, while fewer tickets would be allotted for walk-ups and single-game ticket buyers, Athletics Director Chris Del Conte said.

Although season tickets were at an all-time high during this year's football season, Del Conte said all season ticket holders from last season would have a seat in Amon G. Carter Stadium as it is being renovated. He added that the student section would not be affected by the decreased number of available seats.

World Cup’s location disappoints soccer fans

Published Jan 11, 2011

FIFA's executive committee chose Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup over the U.S., Japan, Australia and South Korea in a secret vote Dec. 2.

Looking at these countries on the surface, how is Qatar the odd man out? Size. Qatar is slightly smaller than Connecticut and half the size of Israel. Every four years, the world's largest and most popular sporting event, the FIFA World Cup, draws an average of two million fans from across the globe. Qatar currently has a population of 841,000, according to a Houston Chronicle article.

BCS system far from perfect

Published Jan 11, 2011

TCU athletics director Chris Del Conte told ESPN Tuesday he loves the system in place that put undefeated TCU at No. 2 in The Associated Press rankings after No. 1 Auburn defeated then-No. 2 Oregon 22-19 in the BCS National Championship 8212; at least until they get a system that is going to be absolutely perfect, Del Conte said.

I was unable to get in contact with head football coach Gary Patterson regarding TCU's No. 2 AP ranking, but he has also reiterated to ESPN that he was content to live by the current system.

Republicans take on great responsibility with House majority

Published Jan 11, 2011

Last November, the tea party fervor that swept the nation for more than a year and a half was finally voiced in the ballot box. Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives and saw much of their majority diminish in the Senate. This came about due to high budget deficits, high unemployment and controversial legislation, such as health care.

With the great power bestowed upon the Republicans by voters comes a great responsibility to those who enabled them to come into power.

Wisconsin mayor loses bet with Moncrief

Wisconsin mayor loses bet with Moncrief

Published Jan 11, 2011

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz of Madison, Wis., briefly exchanged his Badger red for Horned Frog purple after losing a bet he made with Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief.

Cieslewicz wore a TCU jersey and hat to the Madison Common Council meeting on Jan. 4.

"Sincere congratulations to TCU and our good friends in Fort Worth," Cieslewicz said at the meeting.

While congratulating the Frogs, he used air quotes as he described the "great victory" and the "beautiful purple ensemble" he was wearing.

Nursing majors to study new cancer test

Published Jan 11, 2011

A new blood test may be able to detect a single cancer cell among millions of other cells within the sample, and the test will give doctors the ability to determine more quickly if a person has cancer...

Admission applications hit record high

Admission applications hit record high

Published Jan 11, 2011

Admission applications for the 2011-2012 school year have already passed last year's record of 14,075 and have shown no sign of slowing down, Dean of Admission Ray Brown said.

With one application deadline left, the number of applicants was near 16,000 last Wednesday. Brown projected that the final number of applicants would reach 18,000 after the Feb. 15 deadline.

The record-breaking number of applicants to the university has increased selectivity and created challenges for the Office of Admission, Brown said.

Patterson resembles Tuscaloosa legend

Published Jan 11, 2011

There is a lot of Paul "Bear" Bryant in Gary Patterson. I grew up in Alabama pulling for the Crimson Tide, and I have been a rabid TCU fan since my daughters played basketball for the Frogs a decade...

TCU senior represents Texas in Miss America Pageant

TCU senior represents Texas in Miss America Pageant

Published Jan 11, 2011

TCU senior and reigning Miss Texas Ashley Melnick, 21, represented Texas in the first night of preliminaries for the 2011 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas.

Preliminaries for the pageant began Tuesday and will end Thursday, narrowing the competition to the top 15 contestants to compete in the finale Saturday, according to the Miss America website. The pageant will be televised live via the ABC television network.

Basketball player kicked off team

Published Jan 11, 2011

TCU head basketball coach Jim Christian has kicked Sammy Yeager off the team for a violation of team rules, according to a press release from TCU Media Relations.

Yeager was the team's third leading scorer and rebounder, averaging 9.3 points and 4.2 rebounds for the Frogs in 16 games.

Before playing for TCU, Yeager averaged nearly 20 points per game for Weatherford College last season.

TCU (9-8, 0-2 MWC) will play Wyoming (8-8, 1-1 MWC) Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

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