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Gossip site investigation overdue

Published Mar 20, 2008

Finally, someone is doing something about JuicyCampus.


After months of racy, insulting content on the college gossip Web site, someone is finally holding the site accountable for its reckless abandon in policing its posts.


The New Jersey attorney general's office is investigating whether JuicyCampus violated state law through unconscionable commercial practices and misrepresentation to users, and has subpoenaed JuicyCampus' leaders and the site's former ad servers, AdBrite and Google's AdSense.

Letter to the editor: Brite alumna disappointed in school for pastor’s recognition

Published Mar 20, 2008

I attended Brite during the years 1967-69, then the School of Theology at Claremont for four years.


I have removed Brite from my resume. I am ashamed to hear the national report that Brite is honoring Jeremiah Wright.


Let's use some of Wright's words: "No. No. No. Not God bless Brite Divinity School. God #$@%$# Brite Divinity School. It's in the Bible for honoring hatred and bigotry."


My generation studied Gandhi. We marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez. We fought a good fight against racism.

Speaker: Interfaith tolerance important

Published Mar 19, 2008

Effective communication in a multicultural and multireligious world is the key to tolerance and appreciation of different religions, a theology professor told Brite Divinity School students Tuesday.


Peter C. Phan, Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic social thought at Georgetown University, discussed in a church at Weatherly Hall whether leaders of different religions engaging in dialogue will undermine or replace the mission of evangelism.

Department reworks curriculum in effort to gain accreditation

Published Mar 19, 2008

The theatre department is undergoing a curriculum makeover in an attempt to be accredited by an organization of schools that establish national standards for undergraduate and graduate theatre degree plans, the chairman of the department said.


Harry Parker, the chairman of the theatre department, said the National Association of Schools of Theatre accreditation is like a stamp of approval.

Reed Hall construction doesn’t warrant layoffs

Published Mar 19, 2008

Peter and a couple of the other loved Edens and Deco Deli employees are back.TCU did a great job bringing back some employees and finding them jobs after an unexpected early close of the two restaurants....

Wind energy focus of new science grant

Published Mar 19, 2008

TCU will announce today that it, FPL Energy and the University of Oxford will enter into a research partnership on how to integrate wind energy into the Texas ecological community, an environmental science professor said.


Mike Slattery, a professor of environmental science, said the research grant that TCU received for the partnership is the largest research grant in school history.


Slattery, who will also serve the partnership as a lead scientist, said, "It could put TCU on the map for leading research in renewable clean energy."

Home matches for Horned Frogs end in win

Home matches for Horned Frogs end in win

Published Mar 19, 2008

Correction: The TCU men's tennis team won its second straight game when it beat Columbia University on March 18. Freshmen Emanu Brighiu and Adrian Simon were doubles partners and freshmen Zach Nichols and Jack Seider were partners. While Brighiu and Simon successfully won their match, Nichols and Seider dropped theirs.

Inability to win away from home warranted reason for coach’s end

Published Mar 19, 2008

The headline was corrected at 9:52 p.m. March 19.

Head men's basketball coach Neil Dougherty had six seasons with TCU before his release Sunday, six seasons of home blues and road malaise.


The 18th head coach in Horned Frog basketball history, Dougherty's career had its ups but his inability to win on the road in the Mountain West Conference kept the program from ever becoming a serious contender.

Open-minds needed to discuss abortion, mediator says

Published Mar 18, 2008

The key to approaching a controversial subject is to create space in a conversation that allows for growth, said a public policy mediator Monday night.


Public policy mediator Susan Podziba's speech revolved around her experience mediating talks between anti-abortion and abortion-rights activists in Massachusetts after shootings in two abortion clinics.


Podziba said even though students don't have the luxury of facilitated discussions to talk about abortion like she did, they still learn something from the dialogue.

Dining Services rehires more than half of laid-off employees

Published Mar 18, 2008

Six of 11 former employees of Edens and Deco Deli returned to work Monday in The Main, while the others face anywhere from a week to six months before returning to TCU, said the marketing manager of Dining Services.


Former Edens and Deco Deli employees Belinda Leon, Peter Thipp, Ernestina Lopez, David McKenzie, Carla Wilson and Jana Crabtree took shifts from The Main that worked with their schedules, said Legia Abato, marketing manager for Dining Services.