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Increasing diversity good for admissions

Published Apr 10, 2008

Six years from now the number of high school graduates is expected to drop nationwide, but administrators say the decline will not affect TCU admissions.

Thankfully, this alarming national trend will mean nothing for Texas. And, Ray Brown, dean of admissions, believes the key to maintaining a healthy admissions rate is to reach the Hispanic population.



Good for TCU.

Employees injured in on-campus electrical accident

Published Apr 10, 2008

The attribution in this story was corrected at 2:30 p.m. April 10.



Two physical plant employees suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning in an electrical accident in the basement of Tandy Hall, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman said.


Lt. Kent Worley, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman, said one employee suffered a burn on his right arm, and the other employee hurt his knee when he jumped back.

Former guard seeks new route to WNBA

Former guard seeks new route to WNBA

Published Apr 10, 2008

Former TCU guard Adrianne Ross was not selected in Wednesday's WNBA draft, but will attend club tryouts in an attempt to join a league roster.


Ross, who recently participated in the WNBA's Pre-Draft Camp, said she is still fighting to make a team, and her agent is taking calls from interested personnel.


The next step for Ross is to evaluate team rosters and decide which camps she wants to attend.

More math emphasis would help close college gender gap

Published Apr 9, 2008

According to a recent story in Time Magazine, 58 percent of undergraduates across the nation are women. The gender gap on campus is becoming a huge problem nationwide, so much so that universities are...

Administrator: Revamped minor won’t hurt students

Published Apr 9, 2008

The requirements for the general business minor at the Neeley School of Business have been restructured, but the senior associate dean of the Neeley School said students will be hurt in no way, shape or...

New Union has SGA dipping into savings for $100k

Published Apr 9, 2008

The Student Government Association is calling for extra money to be removed from its savings for the first time in at least three or four years, the organization's treasurer said.


SGA Treasurer Jacob Barnes said the extra $100,000 called for in the 2008-2009 budget comes from a savings account in which SGA puts leftover funds every year.


Barnes said the account contains more than $200,000. The $100,000 is listed under residual spending in the budget.

Philosophy revival makes students more imaginative

Published Apr 9, 2008

John Stuart Mill once said, "Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is mind," and according to a recent article published by the New York Times, more college students are finding this to be the case.

Panel to discuss AIDS awareness at town hall meeting

Published Apr 9, 2008

Joe Brown contracted HIV from his partner, who was the first-known person to die of AIDS in Tarrant County. Brown said he was unaware at the time that his partner had been unfaithful.


Brown, a professor of theater at Texas Wesleyan University, has talked with many of his students about living with HIV for the last 24 years.


Brown said awareness of the disease is crucial to college-age people.

AIDS education important

Published Apr 9, 2008

About 10,000 people in the university's own county are living with HIV, and half of the newly infected are 15- to 24-year-olds, said Bob Ray Sanders, who will moderate a discussion on the issue today.

A panel of experts in the issue of HIV/AIDS in Tarrant County are coming to speak today about the realities of the deadly disease in the local context.



This is a good chance for college-age students who seem to be one of the targets of this disease to realize AIDS is not as far away of an issue as many may think.

Associate dean selected to fill dean vacancy in College of Communication

Published Apr 9, 2008

The search for the new dean of the College of Communication ended Tuesday.David Whillock, associate dean of the college, said he has been chosen to serve as the new dean starting June 1, taking over for...

Horned Frogs sweep Baylor Bears

Horned Frogs sweep Baylor Bears

Published Apr 9, 2008

Junior pitcher Seth Garrison pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed one run for the win against No. 30 Baylor University. TCU took the game 4-3, sweeping its two game series against the Bears. The win moved...

Graduate honored with gift to university

Graduate honored with gift to university

Published Apr 9, 2008

The headline on this story was corrected at 11:30 a.m. April 9 to more accurately reflect the article.



The university had a surprise for an alumna Tuesday evening after her performance with a world-renowned opera singer in Ed Landreth.


Chandler Smith, director of development, said it was a collaborative effort to create the Laurana Rice Mitchelmore Master Series Endowed Fund, after receiving several requests to honor Mitchelmore, a '61 graduate.