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Institute puts focus on at-risk children

Published Mar 10, 2006

A team of researchers in a development center on campus is working to help children communicate with their parents and to teach parents to become "healers for their children," said the director of the Institute of Child Development.Karyn Purvis said the institute has been serving at-risk children, or neglected and abused children, especially adopted children, for the last eight years by conducting research-based interventions.

TV ratings to include students in 2007

Published Mar 10, 2006

The method used to calculate national ratings for network television soon will include the TCU students. Those living in dorms, Greek housing, college on-campus apartments and off-campus housing will be...

CD Review: Metal act lacks luster

Published Mar 10, 2006

The Gypsy Tea room plays host to California metal group Bleeding Through March 25, as the group tours in support of its third studio album "The Truth." The new album and the upcoming show are sure to take...

Point: Bonds' steroid use not enough to overshadow early successes

Point: Bonds’ steroid use not enough to overshadow early successes

Published Mar 10, 2006

And just when we thought Giants slugger Barry Bonds was in the clear. Or on the Clear. Or was it the Cream? At this point, it's pretty much anything under the sun that can fit in a syringe.Just after the nationwide buzz about Bonds' grand jury testimony regarding his alleged steroid abuse was starting to settle down, two San Francisco Chronicle reporters relit the fuse on the steroids powder keg by releasing parts of their soon-to-be published book "Game of Shadows" to Sports Illustrated.

Required college acceptance unfair

Published Mar 10, 2006

In a plan that insidehighered.com has hailed as "brilliantly simple," students at San Marcos High School in San Marcos are now required to gain acceptance to Austin Community College before they are allowed...

Counterpoint: Player's behavior ruins game

Counterpoint: Player’s behavior ruins game

Published Mar 10, 2006

It's a sad day for baseball fans.As I read Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams' article in Sports Illustrated Wednesday, which accuses mega-slugger Barry Bonds of rampant steroid use, I was reminded of the words Paul Simon wrote almost 40 years ago:

"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you."

What makes it such a sad day is not that baseball has forfeited another hero, it's that the game itself has lost what was left of its innocence.

Poet: Women need to make own decisions

Poet: Women need to make own decisions

Published Mar 9, 2006

It requires risk and danger for women to move on in life and strive for freedom to live better, a poet at the International Women's Day Luncheon said Wednesday."You are lucky if you have a lot of money and freedom, but that's not the case for women who don't have the access that we have here," said Camille Dungy, assistant professor of English at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Virginia.

Referring to her poem, "Diana in the Box," which she recited at the luncheon, Dungy said, women have taken risks throughout history and are still doing so today.

Luau to promote spring break safety

Published Mar 9, 2006

Programming Council and Hyperfrogs will host a luau today to encourage students to have an exciting and safe spring break."The reason why we are having the luau is for students to have a good time responsibly and promote safety for the week ahead of them," said Hyperfrog member Jessica Tremillo, a freshman education major.

According to a 1998 survey of students on spring break in Panama City Beach, Fla., from the Journal of American College Health, the average male finished 18 alcoholic drinks a day while on break and the average female had 10.

Program continues to develop

Published Mar 9, 2006

More seniors will graduate in May with University Honors than ever before, something the director of the Honors Program said is another small but paramount sign the program is improving. Peggy Watson, director of the Honors Program, said recognizing these 46 seniors and supporting other honors students with more class offerings and programs is all part of an effort to eventually convert the Honors Program into an Honors College.

"I think it will take a number of years," Watson said, "but it is going to happen."

Suit to be dismissed, attorney says

Published Mar 9, 2006

A judge is ready to dismiss the case of a former TCU track athlete in his attempt to sue the university for a release to transfer to the University of Texas at Austin, the athlete's attorney said.Tom Phillips, an attorney for former TCU athlete Jacob Hernandez, who filed against the university for a release to transfer in May, said an order of dismissal in the case has been passed on to the judge but said he is not sure if the judge has signed it yet.

Phillips said he and J. Shelby Sharpe, another attorney for Hernandez, have exhausted all appeals on Hernandez's behalf.

Respect others' beliefs

Respect others’ beliefs

Published Mar 9, 2006

I never saw "Brokeback Mountain." My schedule was such that it left most theaters before I had the chance. In addition, I've never read "The Da Vinci Code," nor have I seen "The Book of Daniel." Frankly, I rarely see important movies or read controversial books, and the only TV show I watch is "Lost." That doesn't mean, however, that I haven't witnessed the fallout, especially from the Christian minority.In these days of media saturation and the free-for-all Internet, everyone has a microphone. At first glance, one would think this kind of interconnection would be a good thing.

Men’s Basketball: Murry performs his best despite loss

Published Mar 9, 2006

The Horned Frogs tried to find some type of March magic to extend their season Tuesday against Colorado State in the opening round of the Mountain West Conference tournament, but this Cinderella wasn't meant to be, as TCU fell to the Rams 64-60. Despite a career-best, 28-point performance from senior guard Nile Murry, the Horned Frogs (6-25) couldn't find a way to overcome a pesky CSU squad (16-14) that featured four players in double figures. Senior forward Judson Stubbs added toughness by scoring 12 points and pulling down 6 rebounds before fouling out.