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Q&A: Mary Patton, interim dean of education

Q&A: Mary Patton, interim dean of education

Published Sep 16, 2008

From her new office on the top floor of the recently renovated Bailey Building, Mary Patton sits as the interim dean of the College of Education. Formerly the associate dean, Patton assumed the role of...

Students review newly mandatory first-year program

Published Sep 16, 2008

The first-year Connections program, which became mandatory this fall, is receiving mixed reviews from students.

Carrie Zimmerman, director of the First Year Experience, said the Connections class changes were put in place because shorter orientation sessions this summer made it difficult to get necessary information to students. When students are given information throughout the year it is more helpful and retained, she said.



"The information is important for all first-year students, not just the ones who think they need it," said Zimmerman.

Allowing drinking at student tailgate safer

Published Sep 16, 2008

Can we all just stop kidding ourselves? The student tailgate issue isn't about underage drinkers crashing the party, it's about the safety of the student body. As weird as it seems, allowing drinking on...

HIS turns down housing offer

Published Sep 16, 2008

The campus' Christian sorority, He Is Sufficient, turned down an offer to have on-campus housing because of little demand from sorority members, the sorority's president said.

Jackie Quisenberry, president of HIS, said the sorority did not get a house because of a lack of commitment from active members.



"We couldn't get enough girls to commit to it for us to go forward with it," Quisenberry said. HIS was offered ten rooms to house 20 members at Wiggins Hall last semester in the section next to Gamma Phi Beta, a Panhellenic sorority.

New scholarship to benefit English students

Published Sep 16, 2008

A $50,000 scholarship award in the name of TCU alumna and author Sandra Brown will start taking applications this November, said the chair of the English department.

Dan Williams, English department chair, said the scholarship is intended to award one incoming junior each year by paying his or her full two-year tuition at TCU. English majors or minors interested in fiction writing and active in the English literary club at TCU will be eligible to apply for this award.

Debate facility to debut in new building

Published Sep 16, 2008

The university will include a debating chamber in the construction of Scharbauer Hall at the site of the former student center, a university official said.The chamber will allow faculty and students to...

Frogs defeat Stanford 31-14

Frogs defeat Stanford 31-14

Published Sep 13, 2008

Playing in the remnants of Hurricane Ike, the TCU Horned Frogs claimed their third win of the season Saturday with a 31-14 victory over the Stanford Cardinal.

"I never thought I'd have so much fun playing in the rain," said TCU quarterback Andy Dalton.



TCU (3-0) had four rushing touchdowns scored by four different players and their defense held the Cardinal to under 200 total yards of offense. The Horned Frogs also dominated the time of possession 39:29 to 20:31.

New city ordinance hinders home search for students

Published Sep 12, 2008

Not everyone who lives in the TCU area is a TCU student. Many families and other homeowners also call the area home, and unlike students, tend to stay longer than two to three years.So it's understandable...

Community gardens a cheaper, greener alternative for vegetable

Published Sep 12, 2008

Food is a big issue for college students. As leaders of college organizations well know, attendance at meetings or functions of any kind may double by simply offering free pizza, not least of all because...

SuperFrog tryouts should be better publicized

Published Sep 12, 2008

There is a huge problem with spirit at TCU. I'm not talking about our attendance at sporting events or even the amount of purple and white being worn around campus. I'm talking about our mascot, SuperFrog.In...

Mercenaries sequel doesn’t live up to hype

Published Sep 12, 2008

Pandemic Studios returns to the forefront with its new title, "Mercenaries 2: World in Flames." Mercs 2 serves as a loosely tied sequel to the original, which made its premiere back in January 2005. This re-entrance into the sandbox genre for Pandemic was highly anticipated by fans of the previous release. With revamped gameplay and controls, and a much richer, tropical habitat to destroy, Mercs 2 has all the flash needed to draw a crowd.

Fewer area duplexes not expected to be problematic

Published Sep 12, 2008

A Fort Worth City Council ordinance aimed to keep duplexes from popping up in the Paschal neighborhood east of TCU may hurt a few student renters now, but in the long run it will be good for the TCU community,...