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Up in smoke: New restaurant to offer more dining options close to campus

Up in smoke: New restaurant to offer more dining options close to campus

Published Feb 6, 2004

This spring, students won’t have to drive all the way to the Stockyards to experience a true taste of Cowtown.

The new Western-themed restaurant, Gunsmoke Grill and Saloon, will be opening in the heart of the TCU area on Cockrell Avenue, right behind Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. 

Journalism department to add new broadcasting class

Published Feb 6, 2004

Broadcast journalism students will anchor, report, produce and edit a weekly 30-minute newscast that will air on TCU cable under a new class planned for next semester.

TCU meal card: Do not leave home without it

Published Feb 6, 2004

A burger, fries and a drink in The Main: $4.47. The same meal at Wendy’s: $3.89. Being able to eat out on send home: priceless.

Using meal cards to eat off campus could be a reality for students in the future, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills said in an e-mail interview.

Small-town roots, love of chemistry guides Herriott

Small-town roots, love of chemistry guides Herriott

Published Feb 6, 2004

Arthur Herriott’s first paying job was making photocopies the old-fashioned way. On Saturday mornings, he would go into a darkroom and use a mounted camera to make photo sheets. He could make about 10 copies in three hours. Eventually, Xerox machines made his job obsolete.

Bush’s proposed budget not sound

Published Feb 6, 2004

Bush’s proposed budget is the worst of both worlds, combining both huge deficits and draconian spending cuts. The hidden spending and irresponsible tax cuts represent a mockery of governmental management. Here...

A day for mourning: Body is Crane’s; suspects charged

A day for mourning: Body is Crane’s; suspects charged

Published Feb 5, 2004

A body discovered Tuesday in southern Oklahoma was identified as that of missing retired professor Laura Lee Crane, police said Wednesday afternoon. Two Fort Worth residents linked to her disappearance have been charged with capital murder, police said. 

A day for mourning: Prof’s colleagues reflect on her career

Published Feb 5, 2004

Former professor and Starpoint School director Laura Lee Crane was remembered Wednesday as a gracious woman and an inspirational teacher who made children a top priority.

Sexual misconduct claims directed at prof, records state

Published Feb 5, 2004

A Brite administrator who says he was barred by Disciples of Christ officials from interviewing prospective ministers because of his homosexuality has also been the subject of a church investigation of alleged sexual misconduct, according to court records obtained by the TCU Daily Skiff.

Donovan outlines plan to improve academics

Donovan outlines plan to improve academics

Published Feb 5, 2004

Provost candidate Nowell Donovan stressed the significance of the liberal arts and sciences in shaping and improving the leaders of tomorrow in a forum for faculty and staff Wednesday.

Board of Trustees’ 11.9 percent tuition increase has mixed reactions among students

Published Feb 5, 2004

Tuition is going up yet again, and students are talking about the 11.9 percent increase.

“I was kind of angry when I got the e-mail about it. Tuition is already enough,” said Whitney Graham, freshman biology major.

Fad diets fade fast but nutrition lasts

Published Feb 5, 2004

Fad diets are exactly what the name entails: a fad. They die out just as quickly as they come in. There’s always a new diet that promises you will reach your ideal weight in no time at all, get the perfect form or the opposite sex to notice you. 

Bush not to blame for CIA

Published Feb 5, 2004

It almost happened. I almost let the Democrats brainwash me. I was oh so close to believing that the Bush administration set up a huge conspiracy to attack Iraq, knowing for certain that there were no weapons of mass destruction.