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Fantasy Baseball: Rodriguez’s injury lets other third basemen rise

Published Mar 13, 2009

We are steadily crawling closer and closer to Opening Day, and maybe it's just me, but I am getting excited. And of course I am happy to be watching the World Baseball Classic.

There are several columnists around the country dogging on the event because of the risk of injury to the players involved.



Since I am a Texas Rangers fan, I don't have to worry about losing any of my favorite players, because nobody else wants them.



But there is something about seeing a team wearing USA on its jerseys that gets me excited.

Students raise funds to maintain neglected animals

Students raise funds to maintain neglected animals

Published Mar 13, 2009

Students in a communication studies class are working to raise money to donate to a local shelter for the upkeep of abandoned animals.

Diane Stamper, an adjunct faculty member in the department of communication studies, said that as a part of her class, six students formed a group named Prestige Worldwide and began formulating ideas to finance the upkeep of a Bengal tiger named Hamilton. Stamper said the tiger was abandoned by a private owner in Hamilton County.

Campus Voices: Should the legal drinking age be lowered from 21 to 18?

Campus Voices: Should the legal drinking age be lowered from 21 to 18?

Published Mar 13, 2009

At the age of 18, you're still living at home. Your parents can teach responsibility through drinking and it's less of a taboo subject.Sara Hauck, freshman graphic design major from Eden Prairie, Minn.If...

Obama’s motives for stem cell research support questionable

Published Mar 13, 2009

Stem cell research is chock full of opinionated dynamite, and adding politics to the mix creates an explosive debate.

Science has progressed in leaps and bounds in recent years and President Barack Obama wishes to continue the momentum by allowing stem cell research to move forward.



In most cases, unused, previously fertilized zygotes in fertility clinics are utilized for therapeutic stem cell research. The zygotes are then allowed to continue their division until they reach the blastocyst stage and are then destroyed for the use of their undesignated cells.

Award-winning student writer inspired by strangers

Award-winning student writer inspired by strangers

Published Mar 13, 2009

For most, the airport is a place for departures, arrivals, goodbyes, reunions, hugs, kisses and sometimes tears, but for sophomore writing major Kelli Trapnell, it is her favorite place for inspiration.

As businessmen with suitcases mindlessly rush to their gates and parents wearily send their son on his first trip alone, Trapnell simply watches and imagines, creating backgrounds, personalities and relationships for these people.

Men’s tennis team to finish home stand over break

Published Mar 13, 2009

On the heels of a tough loss to then-No. 38 Duke, the Horned Frogs will try to improve their 5-8 spring record when they play host to No. 25 Virginia Tech on Friday. They will also play Columbia University at home Tuesday before taking time off for Spring Break.

The two matches before Spring Break will be the Horned Frogs' last opponents before conference play begins.



The team will also have to decide how to use its younger players in the second half of the season.

Male-bonding films to debut in time for spring break

Published Mar 13, 2009

Miss MarchEugene, played by Zach Cregger, awakens from a four-year coma to find that his high school sweetheart whom he took to prom on the night of an accident has become a Playboy Playmate. Helped in...

Former athlete sentenced for cocaine delivery

Published Mar 13, 2009

Lonta Hobbs, a former Horned Frog running back from the class of 2006, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for delivery of cocaine.

Red River County District Attorney Val Varley said Hobbs was recorded on camera making a drug deal with a confidential police informant and was arrested in March 2008. The deal was made near Clarksville High School, which Hobbs attended and where and was employed as a coach and teaching assistant.

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,...

‘Dancing with the Stars’ promises exciting season

Published Mar 13, 2009

ABC has moved on from the recently concluded hit reality show "The Bachelor," and gracefully began the eighth season of "Dancing with the Stars" with a familiar face in the crowd of celebrity dancers.

"Dancing with the Stars" is a reality-based show in which celebrities are paired with ballroom dancers and compete for a disco ball trophy and the bragging rights. One couple is eliminated each week until the final three pairs compete for the title. One of the three is knocked out and the remaining two compete in a final freestyle dance routine.