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Frogs for the Cure is more than a pink-out game

Published Oct 6, 2010

The sixth annual Frogs for the Cure event will take place in just a couple of weeks, and many more than just breast cancer survivors are impacted during its planning. Frogs for the Cure is more than just...

Revitalized Connections program fleshes out mission statement

Revitalized Connections program fleshes out mission statement

Published Oct 6, 2010

The thirteenth year of Connections ended with a celebration of interactive drumming and tribal dancing last Thursday evening. The grand finale was just one of the ways the program was almost unrecognizable...

Rachel’s Challenge sends message of caring, remembrance

Published Oct 6, 2010

Sharon Bebout said students should practice openness and acceptance to make the world a little better at an event Wednesday dedicated to her daughter.

The TCU chapter of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and the Brown-Lupton University Union co-hosted the Rachel's Challenge presentation, held in memory of Amanda Bebout, a junior nursing major who took her own life in January. Sharon Bebout opened the presentation by saying what people can do to help further the challenge's goals.

Social media threatens the college student’s most important resource

Published Oct 5, 2010

Sleep is such a glorious word. "Five more minutes!" is a familiar refrain on weekday mornings, especially when a pesky 8 a.m. class awaits. Sleep deprivation has always been a problem on college campuses....

Sorority to host event commemorating fallen member

Published Oct 5, 2010

The university's Gamma Phi Beta sorority chapter and the Brown-Lupton University Union are teaming up to bring the Rachel's Challenge program, which honors the first student who was killed at Colombine High School in 1999, to the university at 7 p.m. today in the BLUU Ballroom.

According to fliers posted around campus by Gamma Phi Beta, the event will be held in memory of Amanda Bebout, a junior nursing major and member of the sorority who took her life in January.

Student found dead at off-campus residence

Published Oct 5, 2010

A university senior was found dead in his residence on Sunday, according to a Fort Worth Police report. The Fort Worth Police Department was called to a residence in the 2800 block of Forest Park Boulevard...

Patterson: Backups are still crucial to success

Patterson: Backups are still crucial to success

Published Oct 5, 2010

Even though the Horned Frogs are the No. 5 team in the nation, the only ranked team in Texas and surrounded by polls, critics and BCS dreams, head football coach Gary Patterson said he is keeping his...

LT moves into seventh place for all-time career rushing yards

LT moves into seventh place for all-time career rushing yards

Published Oct 5, 2010

On Sunday afternoon former TCU and current New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson passed Tony Dorsett to move into seventh place on the NFL's career rushing yards list. LT was drafted fifth overall...

Social media plays vital role in national disasters

Social media plays vital role in national disasters

Published Oct 5, 2010

Tweets. Status updates. Blog posts. Our lives are saturated with social networking sites. Known among college students as the great tool of procrastination, Facebook is especially notorious for sucking much-needed time out of an already busy day. There's no indication that social network users will stop visiting these sites anytime soon. In my opinion, then, it's important that something be done to put them to good use and let something worthwhile come out of all the time that people spend online.

Former student makes it to the fourth week of ‘The Apprentice’

Published Oct 5, 2010

Alumnus Clint Robertson said he would do whatever it takes to make it to the end of the third season of NBC's show "The Apprentice," according to an NBC video.

Robertson made it to the fourth week of the show so far and will make an appearance on "NBC5 Today" this morning to share his story.

This season of "The Apprentice" focused on a recession-era apprentice 8212; non-celebrity contestants who lost their jobs or had trouble finding jobs compete against each other for a position in the Trump Organization.

Trial remains unscheduled due to heavy court dockets

Trial remains unscheduled due to heavy court dockets

Published Oct 5, 2010

The trial regarding the 2006 sexual assault case filed by a former student against the university has not yet been rescheduled from its original court date of Oct. 4 because of a heavy court docket, according to the 141st District Court Coordinator in Tarrant County.

The trial, originally set for this week, was postponed because it was one of several cases on the docket, said Jennifer Littman, one of the attorneys representing TCU.

Positive change can come from tragic loss

Published Oct 5, 2010

In the midst of trouble, it is often difficult to cling to optimism.

Though death and disaster could lead to despair, often positive change arises in the wake of tragedy.

The partnership formed by the Brown-Lupton University Union and Gamma Phi Beta to bring the Rachel's Challenge College Program to campus is one example of the positive changes that can come from loss.