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Game coverage available despite TV provider dispute

Published Oct 23, 2009

An impasse in negotiations between the university's cable provider and the channel that carries Horned Frog football games will not prevent students from getting their game-watching fix, a university official...

Athletics director not afraid to ask for funds

Published Oct 22, 2009

When Chancellor Victor Boschini began the search for a new athletics director, a top concern was continuing to raise funds for renovations on Amon Carter Stadium. New athletics director Chris Del Conte...

Volleyball hopes to boost NCAA tournament status

Published Oct 22, 2009

TCU volleyball gets a chance to boost its NCAA tournament resume when it takes on No. 25 Colorado State on Thursday night in a key conference battle.

"It's extremely important," head coach Prentice Lewis said. "We have to prove that we can come out and play with Colorado State."

The Horned Frogs are tied with Utah for second place in the Mountain West with a 6-2 record, while the Rams enter the match undefeated (8-0) in conference and have won 12 straight matches.

Athletes advised to use good judgment on social sites

Published Oct 22, 2009

Despite recent controversies about U.S. colleges and their athletic teams' social networking snafus, the university does not have a policy about student athletes having social networking pages, a university official said.

Mark Cohen, director of athletic media relations, said he and other athletic officials remind student athletes to use good judgment on their Twitter or Facebook accounts.

Despite losses women’s soccer still playing tough

Published Oct 22, 2009

Three straight losses doesn't mean the team isn't playing well and hard, TCU head soccer coach Dan Abdalla said.

"I'm pretty happy with how we're playing," Abdalla said. "Now the challenge for us is can we get it to the final bit, that last little piece in terms of the hunger, the desire to do whatever it takes to not give up goals and (to) score goals."

The women's soccer team faces UNLV Thursday night in Las Vegas after dropping three straight conference matches.

Marching band pumps up the jam

Published Oct 22, 2009

It's Saturday and you are headed to a home football game.You get out of your car, apprehensive about the long walk ahead of you. You pass the dorms, Frog Fountain, the sizzling sausages, the juicy bratwursts...

‘Paranormal Activity’ lacks scares and creativity

Published Oct 22, 2009

From the beginning, "Paranormal Activity" seems like the next generation of filmmaking.

With a very low budget, the filmmakers compensated the special effects with creativity and atmosphere. Rather than having a glitzy press tour, the filmmakers promoted it by using Facebook and other social networking sites. The film even feels "real" in the sense that it looks like a video blog you could find on YouTube.

Football program sparks interest in university

Published Oct 22, 2009

National media coverage following the recent success of the university's football program is a priceless marketing asset for the school, a university official said.

ESPN's College GameDay show and Sports Illustrated are both hot on the Horned Frogs' trail as the team heads to BYU this weekend.

"The exposure that we'll receive on Saturday with the GameDay show and also with some other ESPN pieces leading up to Saturday (is) immeasurable," said Mark Cohen, director of athletic media relations for the university. "I don't think you could put a price tag on it."

Frogs have chance to write history, again

Published Oct 22, 2009

It seems each year the Frogs hit the gridiron, a new argument emerges about why TCU should bust the BCS party. As each season plays itself out, it seems the Frogs face the biggest game in school history....

Professor in coma after cardiac arrest

Published Oct 22, 2009

Don Punchatz, an adjunct graphic design professor and nationally renowned illustrator, remains in a coma at the Medical Center of Arlington after suffering cardiac arrest during fall break.

Punchatz fell while getting out of bed at his home Oct. 11, said Lewis Glaser, associate professor of graphic design. Punchatz experienced cardiac arrest, but it is unclear whether his heart stopped before or after the fall, Glaser said.

Worldwide dance project sure to be a ‘Thriller’

Published Oct 22, 2009

"Thrill the World" is a project that was organized five years ago by Ines Markelle in Canada as a tribute to Michael Jackson, and as an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance Routine, according to thrilltheworld.com. The objective is to gather a group of people dressed in zombie attire to dance to "Thriller" at the same time many other groups are doing the same thing worldwide.

Distinguished flute instructor dies of cancer

Published Oct 22, 2009

Students remember Karen Adrian as someone who would always make them believe in themselves even when they were on the verge of calling it quits.

Adrian, a flute instructor at the School of Music, died of cancer Saturday at the age of 65.

Adrian taught flute at the university, where she regularly performed recitals. Colleagues remember Adrian's spirit and love for music and her students.

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Game coverage available despite TV provider dispute

Athletics director not afraid to ask for funds

Volleyball hopes to boost NCAA tournament status

Athletes advised to use good judgment on social sites

Despite losses women’s soccer still playing tough

Marching band pumps up the jam

‘Paranormal Activity’ lacks scares and creativity

Football program sparks interest in university

Frogs have chance to write history, again

Professor in coma after cardiac arrest

Worldwide dance project sure to be a ‘Thriller’

Distinguished flute instructor dies of cancer