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Women’s Tennis – Horned Frogs look to strengthen game

Published Nov 8, 2005

The women's tennis team is back in Fort Worth after a tough weekend in Columbus, Ohio, at the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championship.The Horned Frogs had three players, an all-time team best, competing in the grand slam tournament.

Sophomore Nicole Leimbach, who was seeded No. 1 heading into the tournament, won her first-round singles match Thursday against No. 16 Natalie Frazier of Georgia.

Renovations, improvements introduced

Published Nov 8, 2005

The $94 million construction plan to build the University Union and renovate the Brown-Lupton Student Center was unveiled to community members Monday by TCU officials.Construction on the campus commons area, which will include four new residence halls, the University Union, renovation of the Student Center and a grass area between the Student Center and the Union, was approved by members of the Board of Trustees on Friday. The project is scheduled to begin in Summer 2006.

Suicide second leading cause of college-age deaths

Published Nov 8, 2005

Students who have had thoughts about suicide should be aware that they are not alone and help is at hand if they choose to seek it out, said a campus counselor.Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds and the second leading cause of death among college-age students, according to the National Mental Health Association.

"One in 17 people have had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year," said Monica Kintigh, a licensed professional counselor in Mental Health Services at TCU.

Volleyball – Sport Brief

Published Nov 8, 2005

The TCU volleyball team extended its losing streak to four Sunday with a loss at Air Force.The Horned Frogs fell to the Falcons in three games.

Sophomore Loren Barry had 10 digs and three aces for TCU, and freshman Devon Kirk provided three kills in the first game.

Air Force's Kristin Hamlett had 16 kills. She finished the match hitting .333.

The loss followed another losing effort against New Mexico on Friday.

Student body elections to be held today

Published Nov 8, 2005

Students will voice their opinions today by voting for the next student body officers.Students can learn more about the candidates at www.sga.tcu.edu and www.tcudailyskiff.com. To vote, students can go to my.tcu.edu.

Student Government Association President David Watson said when students vote, they should keep in mind the candidates' platforms and look at leadership experience.

"(Students) should vote who they think is the best instead of who's their friend and who they know," Watson said.

Men’s Golf – Team finishes 12th in weekend tourney

Published Nov 8, 2005

The TCU men's golf team finished its fall season with a 12th-place finish at the Carpet Capital Collegiate in Rocky Face, Ga., this weekend, a tournament that the head coach said was one of the most difficult of the season.The tournament featured 18 teams, some of which are the best in the nation, said head coach Bill Montigel.

"But I would have liked to finish higher," he said. "We could have done better."

The greens were perfect, but the team had a terrible first round and Sunday was breezy, Montigel said.

Fort Worth seeking to regulate student renters near campus

Fort Worth seeking to regulate student renters near campus

Published Nov 8, 2005

Where there's thunder, there's lightning.And for residents in Bluebonnet Hills, a neighborhood located near TCU, the rumblings began almost two years ago.

It started with groups of as many as five people - or sometimes even more - living together in rental homes. Then residents began noticing parking congestion on their streets. Soon after, it was parties and alcohol consumption that caused some residents to consider moving, said Jim Johnson, Bluebonnet Hills Neighborhood Association president.

The storm may have spread across Fort Worth.

TCU develops robotic Smart Homes

TCU develops robotic Smart Homes

Published Nov 8, 2005

Imagine a living environment where elderly people can activate robots to perform routine tasks around the house by voice recognition.This futuristic idea is exactly what faculty and student researchers in the computer science department are working on in collaboration with University of Texas at Arlington researchers.

On a $140,000 grant by the National Science Foundation, the Smart Home, an ongoing area of research in artificial intelligence, was created three years ago in the Sid Richardson Building, said Richard Rinewalt, chairman of the computer science department.

Football - Frogs earn title with win over CSU

Football – Frogs earn title with win over CSU

Published Nov 8, 2005

Offensive firepower has been the focus of most of the talk surrounding the Frogs this year, but in Saturday's 33-6 title-clinching win over Colorado State, the defense stole the show. "We just have a fast defense," said senior defensive tackle Ranorris Ray. "Tonight was a real good showing. We played smash-mouth and flew around to the ball at the same time, and that caused a lot of problems for the offense."

The win over the second-place Rams locked up a championship for TCU in its first season in the Mountain West Conference.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! – Frogs defeat CSU, clinch conference title

Published Nov 5, 2005

The TCU Horned Frogs clinched their first outright conference title since 1958 in commanding fashion Saturday night, knocking off the Colorado State Rams 33-6 at Amon Carter Stadium.The title comes in...

Candidates display potential at SGA forum

Candidates display potential at SGA forum

Published Nov 4, 2005

Candidates for the Student Government Association presidency were split Thursday over how to curb TCU's rising annual tuition costs.Current SGA president David Watson mediated Thursday's debate, which included four of the six candidates discussing campus issues. Candidate John Campbell was absent, and Neal Jackson withdrew Sunday for personal reasons.

Although candidate Sheldon Pearson, a senior finance major, called high tuition costs a "losing cause," the other candidates had ideas for solving the problem.

Take time to vote on Proposition 2

Published Nov 4, 2005

Texans go to the polls Tuesday to vote on numerous issues, but the one in the spotlight is a proposed amendment to the state constitution outlawing same-sex marriages and any equivalent legal status similar to a marriage.The proposed amendment, Proposition 2, comes with a law already on the books in Texas, the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.