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Mens team outlasts Oklahoma opponent

Men’s team outlasts Oklahoma opponent

Published Mar 6, 2008

The men's tennis team breezed through its doubles matches against the University of Oklahoma on Wednesday night. Singles play proved to be an entirely different animal.After winning the doubles point,...

U.S. financial aid advisory committee to be eliminated

Published Mar 6, 2008

Congress' decision to remove its financial aid advisory panel will harm TCU's financial aid programs, a financial aid director said.


Deep in the fine print of a bill regarding the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is a new rule that will eliminate the 20-year-old Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance in three years.

Women’s basketball team wins final home game

Published Mar 6, 2008

The Lady Frogs basketball team reached two university milestones Wednesday with its 400th victory and 12th conference win on the season, beating the Air Force Falcons on senior night.


The win over the Falcons (10-17, 4-11) was TCU's 12th Mountain West Conference win of the year, beating last year's team record of 11.

Finalists selected for dean position

Finalists selected for dean position

Published Mar 6, 2008

After six weeks of searching and interviewing, the College of Communication's dean-search committee has narrowed the field of more than 65 applicants down to four final candidates.


Provost Nowell Donovan announced Wednesday in an e-mail that the committee had selected Maria Marron of Central Michigan University, Howard Sypher of Purdue University, Judy VanSlyke Turk of Virginia Commonwealth University and David Whillock of TCU.

Business school moves up in program rankings

Published Mar 6, 2008

Neeley undergrads are getting the most bang for their buck, according to the 2008 BusinessWeek rankings of the nation's undergraduate business schools.The Neeley School now ranks 32 out of more than 550...

Extra-inning game comes to close with TCU win

Extra-inning game comes to close with TCU win

Published Mar 6, 2008

Lupton Stadium turned into a chessboard during the late innings of the Wednesday night game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Texas State University Bobcats.


With two outs in the top of the ninth Jim Schlossnagle's Horned Frogs were within one pitch of shutting the door on Ty Harrington's Bobcats.

Lower acceptance rate reflects influx of applications

Published Mar 6, 2008

The university decreased the percentage of students admitted this academic year, dropping its acceptance rate from 63 percent in 2006 to 49 percent in 2007, the dean of admissions said.


Ray Brown, dean of admissions, said the decrease in the acceptance rate is a reflection of the increase in applications and expects the acceptance rate to decrease again next fall. The spurt in applications came from students ranking below the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class, Brown said.

Program should be optional

Published Mar 6, 2008

In the past, the Connections program was available to new students once they arrived at TCU. However, starting this fall it will be a mandatory program, which is not necessarily a positive change for incoming freshmen.


Connections is a program that aims to help freshman students prepare for a successful college career. The nine-week program is facilitated by upper-class students and faculty mentors who lead discussions and offer helpful tips for freshmen.

Fall in young newspaper readers indicates move toward ignorance

Published Mar 6, 2008

I was appalled by a conversation I overheard in class Tuesday. Two women were discussing why one of them had the Wall Street Journal on her desk. She said it was for a class, and went on to complain about how ridiculous it was for her professor to expect students to read it every day. The other woman actually sounded relieved, saying how it would be weird if she read it on her own.


And this was even in a class required for journalism majors.


I was amazed.

People need to be more active in preserving rainforests

Published Mar 6, 2008

A few mornings ago I logged onto the Internet, checked my e-mail and my banking account and braced myself for the thing I dread most about my mornings: logging onto CNN.While I feel the intense need to...

Young squad’s schedule tests ability to grow

Published Mar 5, 2008

It is the beginning of the season. Start things off slow and take it easy by scheduling light-weight teams that won't cause too many problems.


The wins pad the overall record, allow players to ease into a season and could help provide a boost in the rankings.


For a team like the TCU baseball squad, lower-level ball clubs could have been an ideal way to start the season.

Tattoos, though popular, not appropriate for jobs

Published Mar 5, 2008

In the recent decade, tattoos have become the hottest fashion trend, especially during the summer months.


People want to show off their body art. According to an article on AOL.com, a study by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reports more than a third of 18- to 25-year-olds have a tattoo.