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Tentative new club promotes globalism

Published Apr 8, 2008

Students trying to create a new campus organization hope the group's partnership with a North Texas nonprofit will provide opportunities for students to become more aware of world affairs.The World Affairs...

Alumna, opera singer to make first joint performance on campus

Published Apr 8, 2008

Correction: Frederica "Flicka" von Stade was the featured performer at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.




The opera singer said she can't play the piano. The pianist professed her inability to sing opera. Together, however, their long-lasting friendship has given the duet the ability to travel the world.

Running back could see time in rotation

Published Apr 8, 2008

Injuries to running backs on the football team have not slowed down spring practice, but rather have given the Frogs a glimpse at a new option.With sophomore Joseph Turner out for an undetermined amount...

Letter to the Editor: Slow termination of Social Security would save tax payers in long run

Published Apr 8, 2008

The Sacramento Bee wire opinion article about Social Security, published April 2, has some interesting points, but I would like to look at Social Security from another perspective.


Social Security was enacted during the 1930s under the Roosevelt administration. Although Social Security was intended to provide people relief during periods of unemployment and to retired workers, it has become one of the most expensive government entitlement programs. President Roosevelt didn't understand the unintended consequences that are presented today.

Baseball looks to improve conference standing against Air Force

Baseball looks to improve conference standing against Air Force

Published Apr 4, 2008

The baseball team will pick up conference play today, starting a three-game series against cellar-dwellers Air Force.


The Horned Frogs have won their last two games, but are in second-to-last place in the Mountain West Conference with a 2-4 record.


The Falcons have had an incredibly rough stretch, failing to win a conference game all of last season, and starting this season 0-5 in the Mountain West.

Money to be divvied up to liquor-free events

Published Apr 4, 2008

Today is the last day for student organizations to apply for $200 to finance alcohol-free or alcohol-awareness events in honor of Alcohol Awareness Month, the assistant director of the Alcohol and Drug...

Professors to debut compositions at cello concert

Published Apr 4, 2008

Mozart, Vivaldi or Bach's compositions often grace Ed Landreth Hall, but for the first time Saturday, the cello ensemble will perform original compositions by faculty.


"Symphony for Violoncelli" and "Anxieties of the Heart" will echo through the music hall along with the sounds of classical compositions, said Jesus Castro-Balbi, founder and director of the TCU Cello Ensemble.

Accounting department toughens course retake policy

Published Apr 4, 2008

Correction: Lower-level accounting classes are not allowed to be retaken once a student has taken an upper-level accounting course. This includes only ACCT 20153 and 20163, and not ACCT 20653, which is a new accounting course for business minors only.


While the Faculty Senate is investigating a new course retake policy, the accounting department is implementing its own.

Student organization to bring Holocaust museum to campus

Published Apr 4, 2008

Beginning Monday, a Jewish student organization on campus will host a series of events in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom Hashoah, which falls on May 2 this year.


The organization, TCU Hillel, will create a Holocaust mini-museum in the Brown-Lupton Student Center that the public can visit Monday through Wednesday, said Belle Marco, TCU Hillel president.


Arnold Barkman, an associate professor of accounting and Hillel's faculty adviser, said this is the first time the group has ever attempted to create a mini-museum.

Students should get involved in AIDS awareness

Published Apr 4, 2008

The invisible monster rears its head to ravage you from the inside out, and you are completely unaware. And, what's that? You don't care? This monster has killed millions and it's only 25 years old.

That is, the first cases of AIDS, were documented in newspapers 25 years ago. This monster stems from the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, and it's invisible because no one seems to care anymore.

Mental Migration

Mental Migration

Published Apr 4, 2008

In what he calls one of the high points in his life, Andy Fort got arrested on charges of disturbing the peace in 1972 in front of Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Mass., when he joined the 400 people protesting the Vietnam War.

The base was a strategic location for protest because it was where the military trained and sent bombers to Vietnam. The base had deployed B-52 bombers and tankers to Southeast Asia two weeks prior to the protest.

McCain should choose younger running mate

Published Apr 4, 2008

Correction: The following column should have said if Sen. John McCain "can recruit a female running mate, he may pick up votes from those undecided voters who would like to see a diverse ticket, but may be disenchanted with the Democratic Party's nomination process." The meaning of the sentence was incorrect due to an editing error.



John McCain announced Wednesday that he has compiled a list of 20 people he is considering for the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket, though he is not releasing names.