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Football analysis: Backs will carry load for Frogs

Published Apr 9, 2009

It's no secret that the Frogs love running the football. The team ran the ball 642 times last season - the fifth highest total in the country - for 2863 yards and 39 touchdowns. The Frogs' dedication to...

Campus Voices: What should the university do with money from sale of jet plane?

Campus Voices: What should the university do with money from sale of jet plane?

Published Apr 9, 2009

"I would say improve the food in the BLUU. The service is great but the quality of the food needs work."

Monika Sadarangani, freshman business major from Dallas



"Use it to get better computers. There are few Macs and they seem to work the best. They could also donate it to a charity in the area."



Corey Bennett, freshman computer science major from Fort Worth



"Toward a parking garage or some extension of parking."



Blake Pierce, junior supply chain management major from Dallas

Dueling columns: Tiger Woods’ prospects at Masters

Published Apr 9, 2009

Golf's superstar will succeed in bid for fifth green jacket


The greatest athlete of our generation will take to the course today at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. And make no doubt about it, Tiger Woods is going to win the 73rd Masters Tournament this weekend.

Tiger's battle back from major knee surgery has been well documented. He returned to golf amongst unprecedented fanfare Feb. 26 at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona. His bid for a triumphant, victorious return fell short that weekend as he fell in the second round of match play.

Cheaters give citizens little incentive to pay taxes

Published Apr 9, 2009

It is the most wonderful time of the year. I am not speaking of Christmas, but rather of the national holiday that Americans hold very dear to their hearts: tax day.

Indeed, the carnage that is April 15 and the frenzied weeks leading up to it are a bittersweet time. Some rejoice in getting small amounts of their hard-earned dollars back while others, myself included, deal with further federal wallet draining.



However, several external factors are making it more difficult than usual to pay up this year.

Newspapers unparalleled in service to society

Published Apr 9, 2009

Newspapers are dying.

Thanks, I've got it. Personally, I'm sick of people telling me newspaper industry is dying and then wondering why I get annoyed. How would you like it if I said your job was irrelevant?



But just as television killed the radio, the Internet is killing newspapers and those in the industry aren't doing a thing to stop it.



So here is my modest proposal.

Initiative makes victims out of LGBT community

Published Apr 9, 2009

The university's gay and lesbian community has recently found itself at the center of attention, and in my opinion, has been inaccurately represented.

The Skiff, along with local news outlets, both print and TV, have featured stories on the Iris Reaction initiative and the new DiversCity Q community. While I see some good coming from both projects, I see more harm than good in the long run.



I believe that the longer that the LGBT community portrays themselves as victims, then the longer the world will see us as such.

SGA creates fund for big concerts

Published Apr 8, 2009

Members of the Executive Cabinet celebrated Tuesday after the Student Government Association House of Student Representatives approved the budget for fiscal year 2009-2010, which created a special fund for concerts and performances.

The budget, which totaled $335,000 from student body fees, included $23,000 for the Big Concert Initiative. The initiative is what SGA has contributed to the pool of money to host a concert featuring a popular performing artists like Pat Green, Programming Council Chair Kennedy Stewart said.

Campus committee to find ways to aid veterans

Campus committee to find ways to aid veterans

Published Apr 8, 2009

The Office of Student Affairs plans to assemble a committee in April to discuss how the university can better serve students who have returned from active military duty, a university official said.

Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs, sent an e-mail to all school faculty and staff last week inviting those interested to sit and discuss the programs the university currently offers to veterans, as well as suggestions for improvement.

Obama’s cool demeanor good for foreign policy

Published Apr 8, 2009

President Barack Obama seems to be rather calm about the serious global issues he faces.It would seem that as soon as the president was sworn into office, the world presented him with a silver plate full...

Dalton leads strong group of quarterbacks

Published Apr 8, 2009

Many say it's the most important position on a football team. Luckily for the Frogs, there are very few questions when it comes to the quarterback position in 2009.Junior Andy Dalton, the unquestioned...

Official: ‘Sexting’ possible breach of campus code of conduct

Published Apr 8, 2009

To many teens and young adults, sending nude photos through text messaging has become an accepted practice, but the growing phenomenon of "sexting," should it occur within the university, would be a potential...

Defrocked reverends views conflict with Christian, Muslim faiths

Defrocked reverend’s views conflict with Christian, Muslim faiths

Published Apr 8, 2009

In a day and age when there is a lot of obvious contrast between Christianity and Islam, I was rather surprised to come across a recent CNN news story about an ordained Episcopal priest who was defrocked for openly confessing that she is a practicing Muslim and a Christian.

As a religion major, I could not help but see some inconsistencies with the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding's position on her faith.