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Cutting Edge Haunted House boasts world record, 20th anniversary

Cutting Edge Haunted House boasts world record, 20th anniversary

Published Oct 28, 2010

The voicemail of Todd James will tell callers that the Cutting Edge Haunted House is "an experience you can only hope to forget."

James, the co-creator of the nationally-acclaimed haunted house, has more to celebrate than just the 20th anniversary of the eerie haunt, situated in Fort Worth's "Hell's Half Acre" area. The house reclaimed the Guinness World Records title for longest walk-through horror house Oct. 8.

The Horned Frogs head to Vegas for a UNLV showdown

Published Oct 28, 2010

The No. 4 Horned Frogs are leaving the Dallas-Fort Worth area for just the second time this season to take on the UNLV Rebels on Saturday.

The Rebels have a 1-6 season record under first-year head football coach Bobby Hauck, and rank near the bottom nationally of almost every offensive and defensive category.

UNLV hasn't beaten TCU since the Frogs joined the Mountain West Conference in 2005, but the Rebels have had a week off to prepare for the No. 4 Horned Frogs. Head football coach Gary Patterson said the off-week is big for UNLV.

Students, faculty hit by phishing scam

Published Oct 28, 2010

University technology resources detected a phishing e-mail sent to students, faculty and staff Thursday morning, compromising the network and e-mail account of several users who fell victim to the attack, Technology Resources Information Security Services Director Jim Mayne said.

The e-mail contained an attachment asking users to enter their username and password, Mayne said.

At least 25 students, faculty and staff responded to the e-mail by entering their information, he said.

StarPoint students to participate in Staff Assembly Halloween

Published Oct 28, 2010

Some elementary school students will not have to wait until Halloween to get their candy fix.

The TCU Staff Assembly, a group of staff representing all areas of the university, will hold a trick-or-treat event today for students from StarPoint School and KinderFrogs School to celebrate Halloween.

Although this will not be the first time for this event, this will be the first year that SuperFrog will make an appearance, a coordinator for the event Doris Wallace said. SuperFrog will be there to help pass out candy and take pictures with the students, she said.

Choral performance to honor late music professor

Choral performance to honor late music professor

Published Oct 28, 2010

The TCU School of Music will honor the memory of Choral Professor Ron Shirey with a performance at Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth on Nov. 1, the one-year anniversary of his passing.

Shirey established the Fort Worth-Texas Christian University Symphonic Choir, which performed at Carnegie Hall in New York on six different occasions during his 33 years at the university, according to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram obituary.

Effective response for phishing attack

Published Oct 28, 2010

Early Thursday, a sizable number of university students and faculty awoke to find a peculiar message sitting in their inboxes. The subject line read, "Your Account has been flagged," and an attachment...

Prolific doesn’t mean persuasive in advertising

Published Oct 28, 2010

We live in a media-dominated age. Unless one becomes a hermit and withdraws from society, it is nearly impossible to escape the ever-increasing media presence. Whether it's for the newest Starbucks drink...

LEAPS promotes literacy awareness program

LEAPS promotes literacy awareness program

Published Oct 28, 2010

Students will come together Saturday for a program to help get Fort Worth elementary and middle school students to read.

Reading Frogs is an event that happens once a semester at which students read and hand out books to about 500 students, ages five to 13, to get them excited about reading and show that it is cool, TCU liaison for Reading Frogs Brett Neal said.

"The schools the students come from have low literacy rates and [the event] gives [TCU students] an opportunity to help with their reading," Neal said.

Week 9 of the Skiff’s college Pick ‘Em poll

Published Oct 28, 2010

Every week, Chancellor Victor Boschini and several student leaders pick who they think will win top upcoming college football games in the Daily Skiff college football pick 'em challenge. Last week, each participant missed the upset of Oklahoma vs. Missouri after Missouri beat previously No. 1-ranked Oklahoma. Sports editor Madison Pelletier and student body president Marlon Figueroa had the highest score last week of 4-1. Pelletier has the lead with the highest cumulative score at 30-10. Boschini and News Now sports director Chris Blake are tied for second at 29-11.

Sports weekend preview

Published Oct 28, 2010

Women's Volleyball

The TCU women's volleyball team will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo. to take on Air Force on Friday. The Frogs look to rebound from a 3-1 loss dealt by BYU last weekend. The team also looks to even out its 1-5 road record. TCU is 13-10 overall and 3-5 in conference play.

Volleyball vs. Air Force

Day: Friday

Time: 8 p.m.

Where: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Swimming & Diving

BCS is not playing fair

Published Oct 27, 2010

When the new BCS polls were released this week, Auburn was the new No. 1 after Oklahoma fell to then No. 18 Missouri.

The number one teams in the country have been falling like dominoes since Alabama lost to South Carolina on Oct. 9. That would mean it's only a matter of time before TCU takes over that number one spot and we should start booking our tickets to Glendale and the title game, right?

I wouldn't count on it.

Lack of accountability reduces ratemyprofessors.com reliability

Published Oct 27, 2010

Before advising begins Nov. 1, students may soon be driving up the traffic at ratemyprofessors.com by looking up which professors they want for the spring semester.

A lack of regulation on comments posted to the website, however, limits its credibility, Department of Mathematics Chair and mathematics professor Robert Doran said.

"Any student can say anything without any requirements or being held accountable for what they put down," he said.