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Golfers condition to prepare for the season

Golfers condition to prepare for the season

Published Sep 11, 2008

College athletes train all year to get better at their craft. While football and basketball players may be viewed as the most physical specimens, members of the TCU men's golf team have dedicated themselves...

Football game pushed up due to weather concerns

Published Sep 11, 2008

The start of the Saturday's football game versus the Stanford University Cardinal has been changed from 6 p.m. to noon due to possible severe weather in the evening caused by Hurricane Ike.


According to the National Weather Service's Web site as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, there is a 70 percent chance of rain with wind gusts of 35 to 50 mph Saturday night.


The Saturday afternoon forecast has a 60 percent chance of precipitation with wind gusts of 15 to 45 mph. Rain is predicted to start around 1 p.m.

University receives D-plus in annual sustainability report

Published Sep 11, 2008

Even college officials hate it when they make bad grades.Coming off the heels of the 2008 U.S. News & World Report's college rankings in which TCU fell five places, the university made a D-plus in the...

Athletes’ ‘another mom’ retires after 10-year service

Published Sep 11, 2008

About 50 friends and co-workers gathered on the second floor of the John Justin Athletic Center on Wednesday to offer their well-wishes to Donna Shepherd, who has decided to retire after working for athletic academic services for the past 10 years.

Shepherd, who said she is expecting a grandson around Halloween, began her work at the university in March of 1998 and said she has enjoyed her time at the school ever since.



"It's just time to switch hats," she said. "But it's been a wonderful 10-year experience," Shepherd said.

Imprisonment not answer to drug war

Published Sep 11, 2008

George Jung, played by Johnny Depp in the movie "Blow," made me and millions of Americans question the logic of our nation's drug laws. In the movie, Jung is sentenced to prison for possession of marijuana....

Health center’s effort to sell cheaper birth control praiseworthy

Published Sep 11, 2008

The Health Center is currently working toward being able to sell brand name contraceptives at a discounted price.

This is an admirable effort by the Health Center to help a great number of students by making birth control more affordable.



Many female students on TCU's campus take birth control for an array of reasons, and the health center has recognized the needs of students and is doing something to help curb the cost for those women who prefer to use a brand-name product.

Matchups: Cardinal to face tough lineup

Published Sep 11, 2008

QuarterbacksTCU: Sophomore Andy Dalton has thrown just one interception so far this season but still has no touchdown passes. Dalton is, however, completing 71.1 percent of his passes and has rushed for...

Two political parties have lots in common

Published Sep 11, 2008

Watch as the November elections approach and try to convince us of the vast difference between the philosophies of the candidates and of their parties. We, as voters, tell each other and are told that our collective fate as citizens depends on how we vote. Politicians propose that should we, the people, choose the other party, we will live beneath the fallout of that choice until a new election allows us a chance to correct our mistake. There is a chasm between the parties, we tell each other, and the stakes could not be higher.

New dining doesn’t account for commuters

Published Sep 11, 2008

After almost two years of construction, the Brown-Lupton University Union, or the BLUU, is finally here. As the administration line tells us, it was planned with the students in mind.Unfortunately, the...

375 men continue tradition on Bid Day

Published Sep 10, 2008

About 375 men crossed over the TCU seal in Sadler Hall on Tuesday as a part of bid day for fraternities on campus.

Josh Schutts, Interfraternity Council adviser, said fraternities have crossed the TCU seal since Fraternity and Sorority Life started at TCU in 1955.



"It signifies that the fraternities are hopefully in line with the values of the institution," Schutts said. "By crossing the seal, they understand that while they are part of their fraternity and their organization, they're also a part of a larger institution, that is TCU."

Journalism majors face an unsteady job market

Published Sep 10, 2008

Facing your final year in college makes you feel two things: panic and an overwhelming urge to get the heck out of Dodge.

Parents and teachers are constantly hounding seniors about what they want to do with the rest of their lives, like we have any idea what the answer is. We're just trying to graduate on time.



Sure, a career is never far from our minds, but we try really hard to keep it as far away as possible.

Womens tennis to begin fall season with tournament

Women’s tennis to begin fall season with tournament

Published Sep 10, 2008

The women's tennis team, restocked with fresh talent and armed with nationally-ranked veterans, will start its fall season with tournaments spread across the country, beginning with the Bulldog Invitational in Athens, Ga. starting Friday

Head coach Jefferson Hammond said the fall tournaments are a great chance for the players on the team to improve their rankings in preparation for the spring season.



"It's a great opportunity for a number of players," Hammond said. "They're going to get a lot of tennis in."