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Health Center’s efforts to offer discount birth control applaudable

Published Feb 24, 2009

Contraceptives offered by the Health Center are now available to students at a reduced price, thanks to the persistence and hard work of staff members there.For the past two years, the Health Center negotiated...

Partnership with local theatre company gives students a taste of reality

Partnership with local theatre company gives students a taste of reality

Published Feb 24, 2009

The collaboration between the professional Circle Theatre in downtown Fort Worth and Theatre TCU allows theater students to bridge the gap between the academic and the professional world, a university official said.

Harry Parker, chair of the theater department and member of the board of the Circle Theatre in Sundance Square, said the two theaters will combine their talent to perform the play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," which he will direct.

Miami whisks victory after tough battle with women’s tennis team

Published Feb 24, 2009

An early doubles victory couldn't help the women's tennis team stop the No. 10 University of Miami squad on Sunday as the team fell 6-1 after the Hurricanes swept singles play. For the Horned Frogs, however, the outcome didn't reflect the team's effort.

Three of the six singles matches went into third sets, including a heated match between sixth-ranked junior Nina Munch-Soegaard and the Hurricanes' Julia Cohen, ranked 20th in the nation.

Study: Business students cheat more than other majors

Study: Business students cheat more than other majors

Published Feb 24, 2009

Surveys conducted at different universities including TCU show that business school students cheat more than students from any other academic discipline, a Rutgers University professor said.

Donald McCabe, organizational management professor at Rutgers Business School, said that when it comes to academic integrity, faculty and students are letting too much slide.



"Students will put blame on a teacher in saying they have too much of a work load, on the job market being so competitive, or you name it, they can find someone to blame," McCabe said.

Letter to the Editor: Don’t forget U.N. successes even with its constraints

Published Feb 24, 2009

I find the conclusion of Friday's piece titled "U.N. fails to live up to mission" by Alex Turner troubling.

This was not only for its narrow standards on which U.N. success was measured (namely, failing to prevent atrocities comparable to those that occurred in WWII), but also the lack of consideration for a myriad of other U.N. accomplishments that are more indicative of its success.

Veterans' mental health merits attention from government

Veterans’ mental health merits attention from government

Published Feb 24, 2009

The U.S. government has spent trillions of dollars training and equipping servicemen and women to be instruments of war, but it spends only a fraction of that amount on transitional services to help them...

Lady Frogs beat Wyoming 60-47

Published Feb 24, 2009

The women's basketball team extended their winning streak to five games by beating the University of Wyoming Cowgirls 60-47 Saturday night at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

The team kept the Cowgirls scoreless for the first five minutes, jumping out to an early 9-0 lead.



The Lady Frogs took advantage of Wyoming turnovers throughout the game, scoring a total of 16 points off of Cowgirl turnovers. Wyoming scored 10 points off of eight TCU turnovers.

Health Center offering discount birth control after negotiations

Health Center offering discount birth control after negotiations

Published Feb 24, 2009

After two years of negotiating contracts with drug companies, the Health Center is offering contraceptives at a cheaper price.

The negotiations began in 2005 after a provision in the Federal Deficit Reduction Act removed university health clinics from a list that benefitted from preferential prices in brand-name birth control, thus causing the price of birth control to go up, Health Center pharmacist Frank Calhoon said.



The Health Center began offering generic oral contraceptives at $25 per pack instead of $40 in January, Calhoon said.

Official: Number of recalled crackers sold unclear

Published Feb 24, 2009

It's still unclear how many potentially dangerous crackers were sold before Dining Services pulled them from shelves at Bistro Burnett on Feb. 11, a university official said.

Shawn Kornegay, associate director of communications, wrote in an e-mail that a full inventory taken by Sodexo Inc., the university's food service provider, showed that Bistro Burnett sold at least one package of recalled peanut butter crackers, but could not provide the exact number of packages sold.

On the homefront: From combat to college

On the homefront: From combat to college

Published Feb 20, 2009

Exchanging their troop fatigues for plainclothes and trying to fit in with other TCU students, military veterans adjust to a new life where lessons are learned in the classroom and not on the battlefield. Suzanne Weldon, who handles Veterans Affairs issues and academic eligibility in the Registrar's Office, said there are 72 veterans on campus, 16 of which are listed as disabled.

Coming home

Study: Campus lacks support for LGBT community

Published Feb 20, 2009

Representatives of the TCU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community expressed a lack of unity within the gay population in addition to the broader campus, according to a study on the support of LGBT students within the university.

A research project led by sophomore social work major Shelly Newkirk and her mentor Tracy Dietz, associate professor of social work, extensively surveyed five students from the gay community.

Horned Frogs may play Clemson University next season

Published Feb 20, 2009

The Frogs are attempting to improve the strength of their non-conference schedule by adding a second team from the Atlantic Coast Conference to their schedule.A South Carolina newspaper is reporting the...