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More student-friendly attendance policies needed

More student-friendly attendance policies needed

Published Nov 17, 2005

The classwork is greater than what most students expect coming out of high school. Many are not adequately prepared to read as much as they have to in order to keep up with classes.Add onto this the need many of us have to work a steady job for one reason or another, as well as participation in extracurricular activities, which allow students to experience college life to the fullest. Before too long, students start running out of hours in the day and the week to eat and sleep.

So what happens? Sometimes we miss a class here or there.

Professor uses Facebook, AIM to talk with students

Published Nov 17, 2005

You can find her at 8.0 enjoying the music, sipping on cocktails at the Reata, walking through Sundance Square on the way to Bass Hall and cheering on the Horned Frog football team. And her profile is on Facebook if you want to know more.Sorry guys, she's taken.

Beata Jones, an associate professor of professional practice in e-business and Neeley Fellows director, has a husband and a son with whom she spends most of her free time. But her students also require her attention.

Jones started teaching at TCU in 1995, but she left in 1999 and returned in January 2002.

Find a way to beat the flu

Published Nov 17, 2005

Thanksgiving is a week away.It is a time for turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, pie, cold weather and, of course, NyQuil.

The first major holiday in the big holiday season trilogy also means the full force of flu season will soon bear down on us all.

So as you get ready to go home for the holidays, take a shot in the arm.

Take some time and go get a flu shot.

TCU's shipment of the vaccine was smaller than expected, so supplies on campus are limited. Many other places around the city, however, can administer the vaccine at a low cost.

U.S. must help resolve African AIDS crisis

U.S. must help resolve African AIDS crisis

Published Nov 17, 2005

In the time it will take to read this article, 12 people will be killed. They will be murdered not by a gun or a knife, but instead, they will become the most recent of victims of the developed world's apathy toward the AIDS crisis in Africa.Every 10 seconds someone dies from AIDS in Africa. Most of the people dying are between the ages of 20 and 50. They are often the heads of households and the sources of economic security for their families.

Alumna encourages students to study abroad

Published Nov 17, 2005

After studying in Japan as a college student, accepting a marriage proposal at Machu Picchu in Peru and traveling across the Serengeti Desert, Tracy Williams is back for her fifth year assisting TCU students with their study abroad plans.Williams, the assistant director of the Center for International Education, said she may have a love for travel, but her greatest passion is to share this love with students.

Putting a new spin on ‘recycled music’

Published Nov 16, 2005

With props such as a 55-gallon drum, a jack hammer and a drum set, the group Recycled Percussion will be stopping by TCU to perform at 7:30 p.m. today at Frog Fountain as a part of its "Rock Your Junk" tour.The young group, made up of three "extreme" drummers and a DJ, turns what it calls "junk" into a phenomenal transformation of power percussion.

"There's no band that does what we do," band founder Justin Spencer said. "We're the first of the pioneers."

House tables resolution to support Fair Trade

Published Nov 16, 2005

The House of Student Representatives voted Tuesday to table a resolution to support Fair Trade at TCU to two committees, and Speaker of the House Sebastian Moleski stepped down from his position because...

Simple answers on gay issues not easy to find

Simple answers on gay issues not easy to find

Published Nov 16, 2005

For weeks now, articles posed against the addition of Proposition 2 to the Texas constitution have been published in newspapers across the state, including the Skiff.Every one of the articles published in the TCU newspaper have taken a "No Nonsense in November" stance. However, since the proposition ended up being adopted by three fourths of the state's voters, I figured it was high time someone else stepped out of the shadows and gave a voice to the other side.

Women’s Tennis – No. 1 recruit signs on with Frogs

Published Nov 16, 2005

TCU signed Texas' No. 1-ranked junior women's tennis player, head coach Dave Borelili announced Tuesday.Nina Munch-Soegaard, 17, of Amarillo, signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Horned Frogs in fall 2006.

"We are thrilled that Nina will be joining our program, and we are really excited that she chose TCU over other schools such as Texas and UCLA," Borelli said. "This, I feel, is an advantage to us, since she is ranked in the juniors top 10 in the country."

Swimming - H2O Frogs values accomplished coach

Swimming – H2O Frogs values accomplished coach

Published Nov 16, 2005

Head swimming coach Richard Sybesma has been a part of the TCU community for 27 years - longer than the football, baseball, basketball and soccer coaches combined.In those 27 years, Sybesma has brought a number of championships and national acclaim to the TCU swimming and diving program.

But championships aren't what keep Sybesma coming back.

Sybesma says it's the people.

Forming lasting relationships with athletes that transcend their time at TCU is what he says he treasures.

Juniors help humanity

Published Nov 16, 2005

Instead of raising money for the university or erecting a monument, the class of 2007 is building a home for Habitat for Humanity.The class of 2007's project is FrogHouse, for which they are fundraising, organizing and will build a house for Habitat for Humanity, said Matt Owens, FrogHouse fundraising director.

Luda Chuba, director of FrogHouse recruitment and retention, said FrogHouse will become a lasting tradition at TCU.

"It's so fascinating to be a part of something so wonderful," said Chuba, a junior political science and history major.

Consequences of repression

Published Nov 16, 2005

The United States has traveled a long road toward our diverse population. Such growth has been accompanied by growing pains.Our history is marked with bouts and fits of xenophobia against new immigrant groups and repressive laws against minorities. Even in 2005, we have issues with immigration and respecting the rights of minority groups.

France's geographical location enables people to immigrate to France from North and sub-Saharan Africa in effort to have more opportunities in life, such as better jobs and higher education.