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Removing 'under God' will cause more harm than good

Removing ‘under God’ will cause more harm than good

Published Sep 29, 2005

He's at it again. Michael Newdow is out to see that the words "under God" are removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. This guy will not relinquish his beliefs.

Last year, Newdow experienced a setback in his case against a California school district. He claimed the words violated his daughter's First Amendment rights, but his case was nullified because he did not have custody of his daughter.

Rezoning may cause problems with renting

Rezoning may cause problems with renting

Published Sep 29, 2005

Residents in the University Place neighborhood talk and visit on the sidewalks in front of their homes. During the warmer months, they organize block parties and barbecues. Parents sit on their front porches in the evenings and watch their children play outside. And since the 1920s and 30s, when most of the homes were built, it's been this way."No one has done anything yet," Susan Smith, a University Place resident, said.

Rankings demonstrate potential

Published Sep 29, 2005

While TCU ranked 97th nationally for academics, it took 12th for fitness and 10th for the influence of the Greek community.One might be quick to say that TCU should study as much as it exercises.

It is easy to draw connections between these numbers and jump to conclusions, but we must remember the magazines doing these rankings were entirely independent and used different methodologies.

We can't link these factors scientifically, but it does raise questions for some.

Gunn Down

Published Sep 28, 2005

TCU junior quarterback Jeff Ballard will likely start this Saturday's game against New Mexico in place of injured senior Tye Gunn, head coach Gary Patterson said. Gunn was forced out of last week's game against Brigham Young with a shoulder injury.

"Right now, Tye couldn't play," Patterson said. "Tye will take mental repetitions this week. If we don't have to play him, we won't, but we'll see how this week progresses."

Ballard, who took over for the injured Gunn late in the third quarter of Saturday's game, said Sunday that Gunn's shoulder "popped out of place."

Volleyball downs North Texas in three games

Volleyball downs North Texas in three games

Published Sep 28, 2005

The screams of more than 300 fans filled the University Recreation Center's Special Events Gym on Tuesday night as the TCU volleyball team defeated local rival North Texas in three games.Sophomore outside hitter Talaya Whitfield led the charge for the Horned Frogs with 16 kills and junior middle blocker Anna Vaughn added four blocks to lead the team a 30-25 win in each game.

Sophomore middle blocker LeMeita Smith also added 12 kills for the Frogs.

Intramurals appeal to all

Intramurals appeal to all

Published Sep 28, 2005

There is more than one football team on TCU's campus.The intramural football season started Monday, and there are 87 men's, women's and co-rec teams signed up to play this year.

"This is the highest we have ever had," Cristie Carpenter, assistant director intramurals and sports clubs, said Tuesday. "Intramural football is the biggest sport we have in the fall."

Why are there so many people playing intramural football?

"It helps keep the competitive juices flowing," Charlie Spiegel, a sophomore finance major, said.

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Frogs and Cowboys eerily similar thus far

Published Sep 28, 2005

Is it just me, or are there some similarities between our Horned Frogs and the Dallas Cowboys? Because I'm a pretty big fan of both those teams, and, lately, the games on Sundays have seemed eerily familiar to what I saw the afternoon before.Especially this past weekend.

TCU against Brigham Young and the Cowboys against the 49ers were basically the same game.

In both instances, it was one storied team I like playing another storied team on the road.

TCU ranked 12th in fitness

TCU ranked 12th in fitness

Published Sep 28, 2005

In the matter of survival of the fittest, TCU prevailed - or at least according to one magazine.TCU students have leapt over common college obstacles such as pizza, alcohol, late night snacks and lack of sleep to beat out 648 other schools, becoming the 12th fittest college in the nation, according to the October issue of Men's Fitness magazine.

To some faculty members and students, the ranking makes sense.

"The bulk of students are doing what they have to do to stay healthy," said Trey Morrison, assistant director of fitness and wellness for campus recreation.

Expo offers students career options

Published Sep 28, 2005

Students looking for anything from summer internships to permanent employment have the opportunity to find their dream job today at the career expo, organizers said.University Career Services organized TCU's annual Career Expo for students to get involved and learn about jobs available to them, said Laura Chaney, assistant to the recruitment coordinator.

"We're really trying to get freshmen and sophomores involved this year," Chaney said. "By sophomore year, students need to get focused on what they want to do."

Local reporter shares passion for news

Published Sep 28, 2005

CBS 11 News producer and TCU alum Kent Chapline told broadcast journalism students about his experiences in Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday night - both as a field producer and as a husband and father of two."I deal with stress on a daily basis, and I deal with it pretty well," he said. "But this is a different kind of stress."

Chapline said CBS 11, a station in the seventh largest market in the country, sent him with two reporters, three photographers and two engineers to cover the hurricane.

Gender-based hiring unfair

Published Sep 28, 2005

There are people who think women might not be as qualified as men to coach certain male sports.If a female is more qualified to coach a sport, gender should not be a factor in hiring at all.

Yes, men might respond better to a male coach than a female coach, but we're in the 19th century where women have roles of authority over men both in the government and in the business world.

To say a qualified candidate should not be hired because the person is a woman is an archaic idea.

First Asian-oriented sorority at TCU formed

Published Sep 28, 2005

"We have formed out of necessity," the women of TCU's first Asian sorority state in their constitution.Kappa Lambda Delta was formed this semester to provide unity, participation, awareness and sisterhood to the Asian students on campus, said Cleda Wang, the sorority's president.

But Wang said membership is open to any female regardless of race, creed, color, sexual orientation or physical ability.

"If you notice in the Greek community at TCU, we're the only ethnicity left out - like we don't exist," said Wang, a sophomore biology major.