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Patterson hopes to work out kinks against Lumberjacks

Published Sep 5, 2008

The football team will try to start the season 2-0 for the first time since 2006 when they host the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Saturday.

Despite being glad to open the season with a 26-3 win against the New Mexico Lobos, head football coach Gary Patterson said his team could have played better.



"We are obviously excited to get through week one with a victory," Patterson said. "We played hard and physical, but we need to play smarter. We had some penalties on special teams that I would like to resolve."

Pat Green to visit BLUU for grand opening

Published Sep 5, 2008

The university will mark the grand finale of the Brown-Lupton University Union Grand Opening Week today with a performance by country singer and Texas native Pat Green.

Programming Council chair Kristen Chapman said the Student Government Association landed Pat Green back in January.



"I am very excited," Chapman said. "We have been looking forward to having Pat Green here for a long time."

All-you-can-eat dining plan not worth the money

Published Sep 4, 2008

Many students entered the semester with high hopes for TCU's new all-you-can-eat meal plan. However, it has fallen short of expectations.

Restricting all-you-can-eat access to only Market Square creates severe bottlenecks during lunch and dinner, and supply struggles to keep up with demand during high traffic periods.



Meanwhile, formerly popular locales Sub Connection and Pond Street Grill lie in disuse because they only accept Frog Bucks. Who would want to dine there when Frog Bucks are accepted at places like Dutch's and Which Wich?

University drops in ranking for third time in a row

Published Sep 4, 2008

For the third consecutive year, TCU's rank on an annual list of America's best universities has dropped.The U.S. News and World Report list of America's Best Colleges 2009, published in August, ranked...

Members of the cheerleading squad root on the Frogs during the game against Colorado State last season. A recent study shows that cheerleading leads to the most injuries among female athletes in college and high school. Skiff Archives

Cheerleaders fly high despite risks of injury

Published Sep 4, 2008

Injuries on the football field are expected, but the sport on the sidelines has been shown to be riskier than you might think.

A new study spanning dates from 1982 to 2007 shows that cheerleading tops the field in severe school sports injuries for female athletes in high school and college, according to the University of North Carolina's National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research.

Young defensive line aims to measure up to past greats

Published Sep 4, 2008

Over the last four seasons, offensive coordinators have tried to devise game plans that would neutralize former All-Conference defensive ends Tommy Blake and Chase Ortiz. The two standouts are no longer...

Matchups: SFA heavy underdogs this weekend

Published Sep 4, 2008

Quarterbacks

TCU: Andy Dalton might have not thrown a touchdown in the season-opener last week, but he did a better job of running the offense and ran the ball effectively when pressured out of the pocket.



SFA: Sophomore quarterback Jeremy Moses threw for 280 yards and six touchdowns in the Lumberjacks' season-opening 56-19 win against Langston. Moses also ran for another score.



Advantage: TCU



Runningbacks

University-wide pass/ no credit policy implemented

Published Sep 4, 2008

A new pass/no credit policy aims to enforce consistency across all the academic departments on campus, the director of the Registrar's Office said.

Patrick Miller, registrar and director of enrollment management of the Registrar's Office, said colleges and schools on campus had different pass/no credit rules in the past, and students and advisers were both confused about these rules.

Statue from courthouse might retire to campus

Published Sep 4, 2008

After 28 years of standing tall in Fort Worth's Paddock Park, a statue of entrepreneur and philanthropist Charles Tandy may be moved to campus, a university official said.

A proposal by the Fort Worth Art Commission may move the 8-foot bronze statue to the front of Tandy Hall by the end of the year, said Woody Bruner, project manager for installing the Tandy statue.



The statue, developed by artist Jim Reno, has stood north of the Tarrant County Courthouse in Paddock Park since 1980, according to a Fort Worth Public Art press release.

True Texas legend honored at sympoium

‘True Texas legend’ honored at sympoium

Published Sep 4, 2008

Everything depicted in the movie was true.

Charlie Wilson, portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie "Charlie Wilson's War," spoke at the Jim Wright Symposium Wednesday. He said about his portrayal in the film, "I tell you, first of all, we'll stick to it that I'm guilty of everything in the movie."



Greeted with a standing ovation by faculty, staff, students and guests, Wilson, who Jim Wright, political science professor at TCU and former U.S. Speaker of the House, introduced as "a true Texas legend," was honored at the annual Wright Symposium.

iTunes subscription service would have ups, downs

Published Sep 4, 2008

On several Internet sites, such as CNET, Mac Insider and Wired, rumors have started cropping up once again about a potential subscription service for Apple's iTunes program.The subscription service would...

Hillary not a quitter, despite loss in primaries

Published Sep 4, 2008

For Hillary Clinton supporters, last Wednesday's Democratic National Convention was bittersweet. Their presidential hopeful is out of the race and now openly proclaiming her support for Barack Obama. It was enough to bring some of her loyal fans to tears. Of course, Clinton needed to do that to promote unity and remind Democrats to remain faithful to their party. However, she also made sure to mention her own efforts and accomplishments in her speech.