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Competitive eating hardly an athletic event

Competitive eating hardly an athletic event

Published Oct 24, 2007

Every Fourth of July, before the food is grilled and uncle Kevin almost blows your brother to Hades with an industrial-sized box of fireworks, ESPN airs its' coverage of the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.Every year they spew the same propaganda. It's all about how competitive eating is one of the fastest growing sports in America, surpassing pedestrian efforts such as lawn mower racing and professional ice hockey in attendance and advertising revenue.

Volleyball: Team tries to climb rank ladder in Texas

Published Oct 24, 2007

The volleyball team will try to maintain a near-perfect record against Texas opponents tonight.When the Baylor Bears visit the University Rec Center tonight, TCU will attempt to earn its fourth victory in five matches this season against in-state opponents.

Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Otto said she and her teammates have been looking forward to the matchup.

"We want to be the best team in Texas," Otto said. "(We want to) be able to beat everyone else out so we can pull up the rank in Texas."

Sports fans should not judge athletes based on steroid use

Published Oct 24, 2007

The NBA is dealing with the Tim Donaghy gambling scandal, and the NFL is being dogged by Michael Vick. What is Major League Baseball dealing with? It's still steroids.Baseball players may seem larger than life on the field, but they're still just people off of it. We shouldn't be so quick to attack them whenever controversy arises.

I'm sure every Texas Rangers fan remembers former slugger Rafael Palmeiro wagging his finger at Congress while stating, under oath, that he had never done steroids.

Intrasquad series gives rookies playtime

Intrasquad series gives rookies playtime

Published Oct 23, 2007

After two weekend games, the best-of-five Purple-White World Series is tied at one game all.Each team had impressive showings in its respective victories, with the Purple-clad Horned Frogs taking game one, 7-2. The White team answered with a 7-0 win Saturday.

Head coach Jim Schlossnagle said he liked the way freshman second baseman Aaron Schultz looked at the plate for the White team through the first two games. Schultz had a hit in each game.

Luncheon to address disaster relief tactics

Published Oct 23, 2007

TCU will host a luncheon today that aims to educate local clergy and citizens on dealing with disaster on campus."Calming the Storm: Effective Responses in Times of Disaster," will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni Center.

The luncheon aims to facilitate relationships within communities, as well as with emergency organizations such as the American Red Cross.

Environmental movement still falling short

Published Oct 23, 2007

There is a growing trend to make the world "greener" with the continual publicity of the global climate change phenomenon.Some of these groups include the U.S. Green Building Council and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards. Both of these organizations have evaluated TCU facilities and, unfortunately, the buildings on campus don't measure up.

The new student center currently under construction fell short of meeting the environmental standards of LEED and is going to be submitted for review by the USGBC.

Center to help future teachers with grant

Published Oct 23, 2007

A grant from a local bank is helping the TCU Center for Urban Education start a program to recruit high school students to become teachers, said a member of the Center of Urban Education. University Advancement and faculty members at the center got the grant from Citigroup to start Aspiring Educators, the new program, said Cecilia Silva, an associate professor of education.

"The Center for Urban Education has several goals, and one of them is to help high school students who are interested in teaching," Silva said.

KTCU off the air, evacuated after phone threat

Published Oct 23, 2007

KTCU was shut down Tuesday at about 8:45 p.m. after a threat was phoned into the station, according to police.TCU Police Sgt. Alvin Allcon said the threat against the station, located on the first floor of Moudy Building South, came from an unidentified person who had called a number of times over the past couple of weeks to complain about the format of the station.

Allcon would not release details about the nature of Tuesday night's threat.

Room for Improvement

Room for Improvement

Published Oct 23, 2007

Campus environmental activists point to recent progress at TCU: The cups, silverware and straws in The Main are now biodegradable, a campus-wide recycling program is almost a reality and there aren't nearly...

Tim’s Take: Football break allows chance to catch up with other sports

Published Oct 23, 2007

OK, I am going to be frank for a minute: I do not know what to do for the next two weeks. No TCU football for two weeks? After Thursday night's performance, that might be a good thing - but that's beside the point.

There has to be something to distract everyone from the 24-hour, vomit-inducing coverage of the Boston Red Sox's return to the World Series, the New England Patriots' run toward an undefeated season and the thought of Ohio State and Boston College at No. 1 and No. 2 in the BCS standings, respectively.

Soccer: Horned Frogs kicked by UNLV golden goal

Published Oct 23, 2007

Editor's Note: The Daily Skiff was not allowed to interview the coach or players after the match.It took 97 minutes and 19 seconds before the first goal was netted in Sunday's soccer match, but instead of an uproar from the home crowd, there was silence.

A free kick in the overtime period made it past the outreached arms of freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Walters and gave the conference-leading UNLV Running Rebels a 1-0 win Sunday at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.