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Check out the Skiff's full report on urban educationCarolyn CastellanosSophomore, engineering majorHigh school: Diamond Hill-JarvisOne of the major differences between the high school that I went to and...

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Check out the Skiff's full report on urban education

Less than four miles from the TCU campus, Arlington Heights High School boasts students who score above the state's average on the SAT, ACT and advanced placement tests.

Armed with a plethora of student organizations and advanced placement classes, the students are given the opportunity to make the best use of their academic achievements.

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• Tarrant County state records show 83.2 percent of public school students as minorities - 26.3 percent black and 56.9 percent Hispanic.


• The Fort Worth Independent School District classifies 71.3 percent of its more than 79,000 students as economically disadvantaged.

The TCU baseball team continues its perfect streak in the month of April, defeating University Nevada, Las Vegas in the first of a three-game series.

A game winning double in the bottom of the ninth and two outs gave the Horned Frogs a 4-3 victory. The win also extends TCU's winning streak to seven games, its longest winning streak of the season.

A new scholarship will give three rising seniors a chance to cut back on costs before graduation.

Chancellor Victor Boschini and TCU Transitions worked together to create the TCU Mission Statement Scholarships, which will give $2,000 each to three rising seniors, said Chuck Dunning, dean for the class of 2008 and director of TCU transitions.

"It benefits students who have worked hard to embody the TCU culture and we want to give a valuable, tangible award to let those students know how much we appreciate their work," Dunning said.

The Student Publications Committee selected the new editor-in-chief and advertising manager for the Daily Skiff for the fall 2008 semester and editor-in-chief of Image magazine for the 2008-2009 school year Friday.

Bailey Shiffler was selected to be editor-in-chief of the Skiff and Kerry Crump was selected to be advertising manager.

Behind 13 hits and seven strong innings from freshman right hander Sean Hoelscher, the Horned Frog baseball team beat the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels 12-1 at Lupton Stadium on Saturday.

The leadoff hitter for the Frogs reached base in each of the first five innings, leading to eight of 12 runs.

Department store surveillance cameras were looking straight at her, and yet artist Ann Messner continued to put one T-shirt on after the other. Unbeknownst to other shoppers, Messner was performing for the cameras.

The TCU-owned Fort Worth Contemporary Arts' new exhibit titled "Lifting" is a show revolving around artwork that appears to be the product of theft. One of the pieces in the exhibit, Messner's 1978 short film, is about testing social boundaries within a German department store amidst a huge sale to see others' reactions.