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Women’s club volleyball readies for first tournament

Published Feb 4, 2010

The women's club volleyball team will host its first tournament this weekend at the University Recreation Center.

The tournament is the divisional round of the Southern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and will determine what teams make it to the finals. TCU is hosting the North division of SIVA, which includes teams from Baylor, Texas Tech, Southern Methodist and Oklahoma State.

Afghanistan’s decision to postpone election commendable

Published Feb 4, 2010

Sometimes, governmental bodies have to admit their mistakes, no matter how embarrassing the admissions might be.And when it comes to international relations, a nation's people generally accept apologies,...

Officials: Branding not common on campus

Published Feb 4, 2010

A person could use clothes hangers for many different things, the most obvious of which is to hang clothes.

Others have used these household items to recover hard-to-reach items, pick locks and roast marshmallows.



More still have had a clothes hanger TV antennae or used the hangers to prepare hot dogs around campfires.



And, as university students learned last week, some in fraternities have used wire hangers to char human flesh.

City to hire consultant for streetcar system

Published Feb 4, 2010

The city of Fort Worth plans to move forward with bringing in a nationally recognized consultant to finalize aspects of a modern streetcar system that would consist of an initial loop through downtown...

Off-campus jurisdiction good for student safety

Published Feb 4, 2010

The recent branding incident involving Kappa Sigma members highlights an important issue beyond the obvious question of why anybody would do that. The incident has also led to discussion about whether the university has, or should have, the right to investigate situations like this that occur among its students while they are off campus.

The answer to whether or not the university has the right to exercise in loco parentis authority is actually very straightforward.

Supreme Court ruling misunderstood

Published Feb 4, 2010

I'd like to again respond to Michael Lauck's column, this time called "Corporations and unions should have voice heard through ads." Like FOX News, he seems to be light on facts and heavy on pointless rhetoric. At issue here is that he characterizes liberals as the ones trying to expand government to stomp on free speech. Yet he fails to see just how bipartisan this issue really is. John McCain, the Republican and conservative front runner for the presidential election of 2008, was one of the main authors of the McCain-Feingold Act.

School of Classical & Contemporary Dance celebrates 60th anniversary

Published Feb 4, 2010

In 1949, the university became the first in the United States to offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ballet. Now, six decades later, the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance is celebrating its...

Athletic training gives students hands-on experience

Published Feb 4, 2010

Fans refer to them as waterboys and watergirls, but they do more than just push Gatorade.Athletic training students work daily to prepare for their future careers by participating in a four-year training...

Football team welcomes 18 new players for next season

Published Feb 4, 2010

Just as the BCS settled, the Horned Frog football team signed 18 new players for the promising 2010 season.

Head coach Gary Patterson held a press conference Wednesday to discuss the new athletes and the growth of the program.



"We have gained a lot more national respect when you talk to kids about what they think of TCU, its academics and football program," Patterson said.



This class includes two out-of-state four-star recruits, Curtis Carter from Stonewall, La., and Ethan Grant from Coconut Creek, Fla.

Women’s basketball claims longest home win streak in MWC

Published Feb 4, 2010

The TCU Lady Frogs extended their record-breaking home win streak by defeating the Brigham Young Cougars 64-40 Wednesday night.

TCU has won 18 straight games in the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, which is the longest home win streak in the MWC. Their last home loss was against BYU last season.



The game began with the Cougars' effective press offense. BYU hit two early three-pointers and demonstrated its effectiveness in converting field goals into points.

Starpoint engineering group wins two trophies for robotics

Published Feb 3, 2010

The Starpoint Pavers, an engineering group at Starpoint School, took home two top trophies in its first robotics competition.

Sherry Oliver, a technology instructor at the school and the group's supervisor, said she got the idea for a robotics team from a conference she attended the previous year. After presenting the idea to Starpoint, the school received two grants worth about $750 each from the College of Science and Engineering and the Andrews Institute, Oliver said.

World hunger a priority for George McGovern

World hunger a priority for George McGovern

Published Feb 3, 2010

Former senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern outlined his efforts to end world hunger, summarized his latest biography on Abraham Lincoln and mentioned his views on contemporary politics Tuesday at the 2010 Jim Wright Symposium.

McGovern spoke to about 300 students, professors and university officials in the Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom.
The 87-year-old McGovern said before the speech that he would continue the fight against world hunger as long as he is alive.