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McCain clinches Republican nomination

McCain clinches Republican nomination

Published Mar 5, 2008

After encouraging students to participate in early voting last week, one student political group still had work to do Tuesday.


About 12 volunteers from the TCU Students for Barack Obama walked to Paschal High School on Tuesday to encourage people who voted during the day to return in the evening to participate in party caucuses.


It is the first time in a long time that the long-ignored evening caucuses have mattered for Texans.

Prison program helps inmates improve lives, stay out of jail

Published Mar 5, 2008

Prison is the last place most people would expect Neeley School of Business graduates to end up, but it is exactly where Andrew Kramer, a 2007 graduate of the Neeley MBA program, wanted to be.


Kramer works as a grant writer for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, which aims to help prison inmates change their lives for the better through education and a passion for entrepreneurship.

New Yorker writer calls out Bush during visit

Published Mar 5, 2008

Going to Iraq will be judged by history as possibly the worst mistake an American president has made, an investigative journalist said Tuesday.


Seymour Hersh, an investigative reporter and author, told students and community members that President Bush is the most radical president the nation has had because of his goal to spread democracy.


Hersh, who now writes for The New Yorker, criticized the war in Iraq, saying after the speech that the U.S. is now the "bad guy" in the war.

Team aims for milestone win against conference foe

Team aims for milestone win against conference foe

Published Mar 5, 2008

Moneka Knight and Helen Roden's shooting percentages were corrected March 12 at 9:42 p.m.

The women's basketball team will bid farewell to one of its best senior classes at senior night today, but the group will still have a chance to help the Lady Frogs reach a historic win.

Horned Frogs win pitchers duel with Mavericks

Horned Frogs win pitchers’ duel with Mavericks

Published Mar 5, 2008

The Horned Frogs preserved a strong outing from freshman pitcher Sean Hoelscher with a walk-off single to earn a 3-2 win over the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks. The win Tuesday night snapped a two-game skid for the Horned Frogs and marked the start of a seven-game home stand.

Extended orientation program to be required of all freshmen

Published Mar 5, 2008

Connections will be a mandatory program for incoming freshmen next year in an effort to improve freshman retention rates, said an assistant dean of Student Development Services.


According to the 2007 TCU Fact Book, the university lost more than 15 percent of freshman students. Carrie Zimmerman, assistant dean of Student Development Services, said this is a sign that there are programs that can be improved.

Poll workers deserve caucus voice

Published Mar 5, 2008

Citing high voter turnout in the rest of the country and down-to-the-wire races for both major political parties, many Texas officials anticipated the higher-than-normal voter turnout in Tuesday's primaries.


This led the Texas Secretary of State's office to issue a memo Feb. 15 with a list of protocols for election judges and clerks to follow to deal with the flood of Texans at the polls.

Addition to satellite provider boosts viewership of games

Published Mar 5, 2008

A new deal to broadcast the Mountain West Conference's sports network on satellite doesn't mean more money for conference schools, but TCU's athletics director said the deal will result in more national...

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.

Speaker says Hispanic vote a powerful force

Published Mar 4, 2008

The country will watch Latinos today, said the national chairman of Lambda Theta Phi, a Latin fraternity on campus.


In a speech titled "Su voto es su voz," or your vote is your voice in Spanish, Agustin Garcia, a nationally-known civil activist, said the Latino vote is important not only to America's future but also to the future of the Latino culture during a speech in the Brown-Lupton Student Center Lounge on Monday.


"Tomorrow you're not voting for Hillary or Obama," he said. "You're voting for your culture.

Darfur refugees offer lesson on being grateful

Published Mar 4, 2008

The byline on this column was corrected on 3/5/08 at 10:07 a.m.It's amazing that hearing someone's life story can change our perceptions of them. But more importantly, it can often change the way we see...

Huckabee urges to look toward future

Published Mar 4, 2008

DALLAS -- Arizona Sen. John McCain, may have won the mock Republican primary at Southern Methodist University last weekend, but on a rainy Monday morning, the school belonged to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.


Huckabee thanked about 100 students for waking up early to attend and reminded them of their value in the election.