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Admissions staff travels, aims to find prospective students

Published Sep 29, 2006

The season for recruiting has begun, and campus admissions counselors are at high schools around the world scouting prospective students.The heavy recruiting season is from early September to late November, and a group of about 15 staff members in admissions are visiting 35 states and 25 countries this year, said Ray Brown, dean of admissions.

Brown, who in previous years traveled to recruit in England and Scotland, just returned from a week-long trip visiting 12 high schools all over the Hawaiian Islands.

Runners sprint back from break

Published Sep 29, 2006

After a two week break from races, the men's and women's cross country teams will travel to Stillwater, Okla., to compete in the 70th Annual Cowboy Jamboree on Saturday.The women's team last competed at the North Texas Invitational Sept. 9, where they took second place. During the race, the team was paced by senior Calandra Stewart, who finished third overall, and freshman Carlene Mayfield, who finished fifth.

The men's team last competed at the Texas A&M Invitational Sept. 16 where they finished third in the 13-team field.

Faculty members train graduate students in teaching, research

Published Sep 29, 2006

Faculty members across campus are working to help graduate students learn to become both good teachers and good researchers.While most colleges at TCU have no formal method of teaching graduate students how to become better teachers, professors are offering individualized support, said Jeff Coffer, professor and chair of the chemistry department.

The principles graduate professors were hired on are the same principles they are teaching their students, said Bonnie Blackwell, an assistant professor and the director of graduate studies for English.

Weekend Sports!!! Frogs volleyball back to winning ways

Published Sep 29, 2006

TCU volleyball, (14-4, 3-2) swept San Diego State (6-11, 0-5) to get back to their winning ways.After losing back-to-back conference matches to UNLV at home and Colorado State on the road, the Frogs beat...

Pi Kappa Phi raises funds for disabled

Published Sep 29, 2006

Hundreds of students from 11 TCU sororities showed their support for Pi Kappa Phi's cause by participating in activities throughout the week as part of the fraternity's philanthropy event, Push Week.The event aims to raise awareness and funds for people with disabilities.

Matt Kiesel, a senior finance and accounting major, said the event extends support to the fraternity's national philanthropy, Push America, which is a national nonprofit organization devoted to helping disabled people. It was founded by Pi Kapp in 1977.

Frogs hot to trot atop horses

Published Sep 29, 2006

The newest Horned Frog team will make its debut Saturday.After three weeks of practice and conditioning, the varsity women's equestrian team will travel to Waco for a head-to-head competition against Baylor, its first competition as a Division 1-A team, said head coach Gary Reynolds.

"This is the most hard-working group of women athletes I've ever seen," Reynolds said. "I would've bet half this team wouldn't have been here the second week after what we did to them the first week at practice."

Faculty favors plus/minus

Published Sep 29, 2006

Faculty members voted 46-8 in favor of the plus/minus grading system yesterday in an assembly open to all faculty.The Faculty Senate has already voted on the issue twice; however, this was the first time...

Grab a few bucks, head to local watering hole

Published Sep 29, 2006

So you just finished a test, and could really use for a cold beer or smooth margarita, but where can you go for the best happy hour in town? Let's break it down by the day.On Mondays, The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium seems to be the best bet as far as atmosphere and price are concerned.

The Flying Saucer offers a variety of domestic and premium beers on draft for $2.50 all night long.

Along with beer, they also have a full-fledged menu for those who might be hungry after that grueling test.

No text too taboo for TCU

Published Sep 29, 2006

"It's Perfectly Normal," a book on sex education, was the most-banned book of last year, and also happens to be sitting on a shelf at TCU's library.So are "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "Catcher in the Rye" and "What My Mother Doesn't Know," which are all books on the 2005 list of the most frequently challenged books.

For 25 years, Banned Books Week has been nationally recognized during the last week of September.

Keep campus sexually safe, get checked

Published Sep 29, 2006

Sex: it's fun, free and available at any time of day. But with such a simple physical act comes a lot of responsibility to both yourself and your partner or partners. We're talking health. It's important...

Student's site provides free course help

Student’s site provides free course help

Published Sep 29, 2006

A TCU student has created a test review Web site available to college students across the United States for free.The Web site, mycoursereview.com, is the work of Bennett Waxse, a junior biology and chemistry major at TCU.

"The thing that helped me study for class was to make reviews," Waxse said, "and the page was a way to make them more available to people."

Waxse said his site lets students post their own review questions from a class to give other users an idea of what a test may cover.

Tennis team members head West for tournament

Published Sep 29, 2006

Three members of the Lady Frogs' tennis team, senior Ana Cetnik, sophomore Anna Sydorska and junior Kewa Nichols are set to travel to Pacific Palisades, Calif., this weekend for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's All-American Championship Tournament.Casey Angle, director of Communications for the ITA said this tournament is significant because it is where many top players from schools across the country get to compete against each other.