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Student spotlight

Published Oct 20, 2005

Standing on a hard, dirty cement floor in a smoky bar sounds like your average Saturday night on Berry Street. Hoards of college students happily dance about as mixed drinks are sloshed out of plastic cups onto the high heels of unsuspecting sorority girls. People crowd the bar, fighting for the attention of the bar tenders while the cover band jams loudly in the background and everyone sings along to hits by artists such as Billy Joel and Tom Petty.

Except this week it's not Saturday night; it's Tuesday night.

TCU: Greek numbers rising, other universities see decrease

Published Oct 20, 2005

While Greek involvement has declined at many universities, TCU saw a rise in students participating in fall 2005 Recruitment from the previous year, according to the office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.In 2005, 601 women participated in fall sorority Recruitment, more than a 4 percent increase from 2004. Fraternity Recruitment saw an increase of almost 2 percent.

The numbers come as many universities have seen a significant drop in Greek life.

Be courteous: Clean up after pets

Be courteous: Clean up after pets

Published Oct 19, 2005

Evil doo-dooers beware.You may someday be in deep doo-doo.

The number of people who own dogs but don't pick up after their dogs is amazing. Walking for about 15 minutes around various neighborhoods, I would say I usually see three to four unclaimed dog doodles sitting there just waiting to be stepped in.

My family's two dogs are usually pretty good at finding them with the sniffing thing they do.

2006 Baseball Schedule

Published Oct 19, 2005

Feb. 4 Alumni game Time TBAFeb. 10 at Tulane noon

Feb. 11 at Houston 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 12 at Rice 6 p.m.

Feb. 14 vs. Texas State 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 at Arkansas 1 p.m.

Feb. 18 at Texas-Pan American 5 p.m.

Feb. 24 vs. Wright State 7 p.m.

Feb. 25 vs. Wright State 2 p.m.

Feb. 26 vs. Wright State 1 p.m.

Feb. 28 vs. Dallas Baptist 7 p.m.

March 3 vs. Florida Atlantic 7 p.m.

March 4 vs. Florida Atlantic 2 p.m.

March 5 vs. Florida Atlantic 1 p.m.

Your view

Published Oct 19, 2005

I thank Brian (Wooddell) for mentioning what we are trying to do to control the cat population on campus with FACT (Frogs And Cats Together). I would like to point out that the group (and all feral cat groups) are run by volunteers who put in a lot of time and effort to help campus cats. If you would like to learn more about our activities, join us in the Brown-Lupton Student Center next Monday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fall practice gets Frogs into swing

Fall practice gets Frogs into swing

Published Oct 19, 2005

With the Major League Baseball playoffs closing in on the World Series and its final games of the season, the Horned Frog baseball team has quietly been on the field for two weeks in preparation for its 2006 campaign."We're almost two weeks into (fall practice), and I think it has gone about as well as we could expect it to," head coach Jim Schlossnagle said. "We've had some new players that have shown themselves to be good ones and make an impact in our program."

Cheer stunt declared unsafe, banned

Cheer stunt declared unsafe, banned

Published Oct 19, 2005

The stunt that sparked a confrontation between an associate athletics director and the head cheerleading coach two weeks ago has been suspended from the squad's football game routine, even though it has been a part of the team's repertoire for several years, a cheerleader said Tuesday.Cheerleading captain Jovan Farris said the team will not be allowed to perform basket tosses at this weekend's football game by order of associate athletics director Scott Kull. Farris said she thinks the restriction is based on an isolated incident.

Intelligent Design under scrutiny

Published Oct 19, 2005

The theory of intelligent design, currently being debated as an alternative to evolution, does not have a place in the science classroom, TCU professors say.An 80-year-old case, known as the Scopes Monkey...

Car damaged by wrecker

Published Oct 19, 2005

Students, faculty and staff gave their assistance after an e-mail from TCU Police asking for their help was sent, police said Tuesday.The e-mail asked for information on a car that was towed from the faculty lot on Main Campus Monday afternoon.

A TCU police officer discovered a damaged car in the quad lot and contacted the owner, Sgt. Kelly Ham said.

A student witness then told police he had seen a flat-bed wrecker removing a vehicle near the damaged car, Ham said.

Speaker tells women to say “no

Published Oct 19, 2005

Women cannot change their lives with criticism but by acknowledging personal accomplishments, a guest speaker told the all-female audience Tuesday at the Kelly Alumni Center."Acknowledgement is in short demand in our busy culture, and we need to learn to thank ourselves first," Stephanie Marston, author and life quality expert, said.

Women in today's culture are so afraid that if they put their needs first, they will be branded selfish, Marston said.

SAVING YOUR PENNIES

Published Oct 19, 2005

College students are broke. Everyone knows that. And as graduation is approaching, the financial situation many seniors face may get stickier.Many college students will have to take on financial responsibilities they have not previously known, and the disconnection from Mom and Dad's pocketbook sends many into frenzied fear.

Larry Lockwood, a professor of finance, said, "A financial planner can help, but there's no substitute for reading and studying on your own."

SPENDING & BUDGETING

Astronomers discover distant celestial body

Published Oct 19, 2005

"Xena," debated to be the 10th planet of the solar system, apparently has a sidekick - a moon.Astronomers at the Keck Observatory on the Mauna Kea Volcano in Hawaii found the moon, dubbed "Gabrielle" for Xena's fellow heroine of the TV show "Xena: Warrior Princess," after taking images of the planet with an advanced telescope, according to the Web site of "Xena's" discoverer, Mike Brown.