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Students experience Indian culture at Mela Carnival

Published Nov 11, 2009

Students and faculty ate spicy food, dressed in saris and danced to Indian music at the Students for Asian Indian Cultural Awareness Mela carnival on Saturday.

More than 110 students and faculty members attended the carnival, said Nitesh Kalwar, the organization's president.



Kalwar said the booths with henna tattoos and authentic South Asian dress were the most popular attractions.



The carnival also had booths with foods from different cultures, cricket demonstrations and rangoli, a popular Indian art form, he said.

Crime briefs: Police investigate campus attack

Published Nov 10, 2009

Police investigate possible connection between attacks

An attack reported by a female student Thursday is still under investigation.



Campus police Lt. Ramiro Abad said Friday that the university and Fort Worth police departments were looking into whether Thursday night's attack was related to a sexual assault reported Oct. 13. An increase in nighttime campus security after the Oct. 13 assault is still in effect.

Students lucky to be part of football experience

Published Nov 10, 2009

Freshman students have had the bar set high for their Frog football experience. In one season, students have experienced Top 25 football for the entire season. The Frogs reclaimed the Iron Skillet and watched two Atlantic Coast Conference teams fall on their own turf. Students have been able to wake up to Frog football on ESPN with College GameDay in Provo, Utah. Most importantly, freshmen have not experienced the bitterness of a loss yet. But there is still so much more to come.

Q&A: Student body president contenders

Published Nov 10, 2009

Students wanting to know more about the two candidates running for student body president can read their answers to the question and answer section. Andrew Pulliam, a junior finance major from St. Louis, and Marlon Figueroa, a junior finance and accounting double major from San Juan, Puerto Rico are running for the position.

Q: What made you realize you wanted to run for student body president?

Campus police meets with Starpoint students

Published Nov 10, 2009

Fifth-grader Dusty Leenhouts got to talk to undercover officers Friday. First-grader Magdelene Evans said police sirens were cool, but they hurt her ears.

The sirens didn't seem to bother third-grader Cade Curtis, who said that he might like to be a police officer one day.



The campus police department met with Starpoint School students for TCU Police's first career day in the Kelly Alumni Center parking lot.

New Frog uniforms get campus community talking

Published Nov 10, 2009

Displayed at the university bookstore, the Frogs' new Nike uniforms have students and alumni talking.

According to a press release from Nike, the uniforms were designed with the inspiration of the Frogs' promising future and fearless attitude. Designers were able to digitally replicate the image of horned frog scales on parts of the uniform.



The Nike Pro Combat uniforms accommodate the evolution of the game of football, according to the press release.

Utah game sold out, student admission still free

Published Nov 10, 2009

Not since the Frogs played the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2006 in a 12-3 Horned Frog win has Amon G. Carter Stadium been filled to capacity.

As of Monday, 44,358 tickets had been sold for Saturday's game against the Utah Utes, according to gofrogs.com. Standing room only tickets are still available.



The official capacity of Amon G. Carter Stadium is 44,358. TCU's average home attendance in 2008 was 30,389. The largest home crowd last season was 36,180, when TCU beat then-ranked No. 8 BYU 32-7.

Frogs jump to No. 4 in BCS after win over Aztecs

Frogs jump to No. 4 in BCS after win over Aztecs

Published Nov 10, 2009

The Frogs (9-0, 5-0) took another step toward BCS paydirt Saturday with their convincing 55-12 win over the San Diego State Aztecs.

The team jumped from No. 6 in the BCS standing to No. 4 when the polls came out Sunday. The Frogs' jump was caused by then-No. 4 Iowa's 17-10 loss to Northwestern combined with No. 5 Cincinnati's narrow 47-45 win over Connecticut, which caused the Bearcats to remain stagnant in the rankings. TCU was also ranked at No. 4 in the AP and USA Today polls Sunday.

SGA voting guide: Meet the running reps

Published Nov 10, 2009

The Student Government Association decided to announce the results of the student body officer elections in a new way. The winners of each position will be announced in the Campus Commons and a banner will be hung on the Market Square railing on Wed. at 2 p.m.

Marlon Figueroa



Student Body President Nominee



Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico



Major: Finance and accounting



Year: Junior

Rough plays in soccer should be investigated

Rough plays in soccer should be investigated

Published Nov 10, 2009

It's amazing how some hair pulling and national attention can expose a serious problem.

For those of you who haven't heard, University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert was suspended indefinitely for actions in a game against BYU on Nov. 5. These actions included pulling a player on the ground by her hair and kicking another in the face with the ball while the player was on the ground.

Professor bridged gap between church and university

Professor bridged gap between church and university

Published Nov 10, 2009

When considering his achievements, Isaac Newton once said, "If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." Thousands of TCU students over three decades stood on the shoulders...

Claiming obesity won't get you out of murder

Claiming obesity won’t get you out of murder

Published Nov 10, 2009

Obesity prohibits you from doing a lot of things. According to the Trust for America's Health, adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state during the past year. Most would consider such a condition to be detrimental. However, maybe it can be used in your favor.

A jury in New Jersey convicted Edward Ates of murdering his former son-in-law after rejecting his not-so-convincing defense that he was simply "too fat" to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quiet exit.