Skip to Main Content
73° Fort Worth
All TCU. All the time.

TCU 360

TCU 360

All TCU. All the time.

TCU 360

Legalizing casinos in Texas a smart move

Legalizing casinos in Texas a smart move

Published Mar 25, 2009

What happens in Texas stays in Texas?

The Texas Legislature is considering allowing casino gambling at resorts and Indian reservations and slot machines in horse racing tracks.



With the economy in a horrible mess, politicians are resorting to legalizing things they once fought to make illegal.



Texan columnists, politicians and citizens are talking about the need for casinos that would invigorate the economy. They say it will create millions of jobs and put money that is currently being handed over to Louisiana and Nevada back into Texas.

Basketball teams end season poorly

Published Mar 25, 2009

With only 16 teams left in both the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments, March Madness is well under way. But for the Horned Frogs and Lady Frogs, basketball season fizzled out in a most disappointing fashion.

Early in the season, the men's team appeared to find new life under the guidance of new head coach Jim Christian. The team jumped out to a 13-6 record, just one win shy of the 14 wins it accumulated during the 2007-08 season.

Baseball team to face Stephen F. Austin

Baseball team to face Stephen F. Austin

Published Mar 24, 2009

While students were away soaking up rays on a beach somewhere the Horned Frog baseball team was hard at work, playing seven games in nine days.The Horned Frogs lost their first series of the season March...

Government should have foreseen AIG mess

Government should have foreseen AIG mess

Published Mar 24, 2009

American International Group, the massive failing insurance firm which is now 80 percent owned by the U.S. government, recently announced $218 million in bonuses to top executives working in the financial products unit of the company, the division that drove the company into financial ruin only a short time ago.

Public outcry against this apparently egregious act erupted immediately after the news broke and Washington was quick to point fingers at Wall Street and join in on the protest.



Why the sudden outrage?

Quick Sports: Lady Frogs fall to South Dakota; Horned Frogs end season

Published Mar 24, 2009

While Spring Break is a time for leisure for most students, Horned Frogs athletes were working hard over the week.Several teams were in action last week while students were away. Three squads saw their...

Communist homeland, other destinations influence professor

Published Mar 24, 2009

The Present

Sitting in the back of the room of his fifth-grade physics class, 12-year-old Kiril Tochkov was just another number at his school in Sofia, Bulgaria. Literally.



The teacher would ask a question and call on No. 17 for the answer. Or maybe it was No. 22's turn.



One of the teachers liked to play games.



"What day is today?" the teacher would ask. "Today is the 29th, minus four, plus three, divided by two. That number will be answering the question."

Hispanic enrollment at university continues to rise

Published Mar 24, 2009

Ruth Lopez, sophomore radio-TV-film major, is a first-generation college student. Her parents never made it past high school. That is the case for the majority of the growing Hispanic population enrolled...

Energy efficiency achievable in more than one way

Published Mar 24, 2009

In a recent study conducted by Virginia's George Mason University, known as the index of personal and economic freedom, Texas ranked as the fifth most free state in the nation. The index took into account...

Mountain West presents eight-team playoff proposal

Published Mar 24, 2009

Many college football fans across the country screamed for change during the bowl season. The Mountain West Conference answered and will direct the battle against the current Bowl Championship Series system.

The conference presented an eight-team playoff proposal to the BCS, said Javan Hedlund, associate commissioner for communications of the Mountain West Conference. The nine university presidents known as the Mountain West Conference Board of Directors prompted the decision, Hedlund said.

Campuswide e-mails should drop condescending tone

Published Mar 13, 2009

After reading some of the numerous e-mails TCU blasts to the student body daily, I sometimes wonder if we are a university or an elementary school, because the tone suggests an audience of children.In...

Moot court aims to train law enthusiasts

Published Mar 13, 2009

Aspiring law students and Constitution aficionados can try out to compete in a mock Supreme Court with the university's new moot court.Donald Jackson, professor of political science and coach of the moot...

Student opportunities to learn not limited to study abroad

Published Mar 13, 2009

Even as the study abroad program is committing to expanding students' options to new destinations like Singapore, some programs are being shut down. A history course, The Industrial Revolution in London,...