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Letter to the Editor: Pastor’s comments don’t evoke true meaning of Golden Rule

Published Mar 27, 2008

I was at Brite Divinity School on Good Friday.


TCU was vacant, but some of the Brite faculty were in their offices. I'm guessing they, like me, were there because of concerns about Brite's plans to honor the patently offensive Rev. Jeremiah Wright.


While I paced the sidewalk for two and a half hours walking around the outside of the Robert Carr Chapel, Moore and Beasley buildings waiting to speak with somebody from Brite, my wife and I noticed that the clock on the steeple of Carr Chapel had stopped working, and the hour still tolled an hour behind.

Letter to the Editor: University’s distance from Wright detrimental to discussion of race

Published Mar 27, 2008

I am writing this letter in response to the comments the chancellor made about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright that were published in the Dallas Morning News and picked up by other news media.


Specifically, Chancellor Victor Boschini commented that: "Giving an award [to Wright] is another matter, and in this specific case in light of Rev. Wright's recently discovered remarks, TCU would not give such an award." Additionally, recently the Board of Trustees voted to prohibit Brite Divinity's award ceremony honoring Wright from occurring on campus because of safety concerns.

Athletics has tentative timetable for new basketball coach

Published Mar 27, 2008

The TCU men's basketball team may have a new head coach as early as April 7, according to the assistant director of athletics media relations.


Assistant director Joe Monaco said the team hopes to have a new coach hired in time for the NCAA Tournament National Championship game, which is on April 7.


"There's no real rhyme or reason to the date, but it's just the best-case scenario," Monaco said.

Anti-gay Okla. legislator a state embarrassment

Published Mar 27, 2008

Oklahoma is known for its violent storms, but recently, a different kind of storm has created news in Oklahoma and beyond. Her name is Sally Kern.


Kern is a Republican state legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Her office is in the state's massive Capitol building, located near downtown Oklahoma City. It was there, in the Oklahoma Capitol's rotunda, where hundreds of protestors gathered March 18 to ask Kern for an apology.


But, she wasn't in the building.

Study: Youth vote will play key role

Published Mar 27, 2008

His favorite movies include "The Godfather" I and II, and he enjoys watching "SportsCenter," playing basketball and listening to the jazz sounds of Miles Davis.Yes, Democrat Barack Obama, like the other...

New dean 'perfect fit' for Neeley, professor says

New dean ‘perfect fit’ for Neeley, professor says

Published Mar 26, 2008

The new Neeley School of Business dean is a perfect fit for TCU because of his ties to the university and his record of research, the chairman of the Neeley dean search committee said.


Homer Erekson, dean and professor at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for six years, will replace Dan Short as dean of the Neeley School of Business this summer.

Letter to the Editor: Greek impact should not be ignored on campus

Published Mar 26, 2008

As a member of the Greek community, I feel, as a whole, we are overlooked and under-represented in the Daily Skiff. I have made several attempts to have stories written covering various events regarding...

Moving Wright to Dallas stifles opportunity

Published Mar 26, 2008

In the face of controversy, TCU is shying away.


The university has distanced itself from the Brite Divinity School's efforts to bring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to TCU, voting to move the event involving the controversial pastor off campus.


Many of the comments by Barack Obama's Chicago pastor are certainly offensive, but should be tolerated for an optional event on a college campus. TCU and Brite have both made it clear already they don't endorse his comments anyway.

Letter to the Editor: Wright’s dialogue raises important societal issues

Published Mar 26, 2008

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright was Barack Obama's pastor and TCU has more than an academic interest in this story.


TCU is related to the Disciples (for at least a little longer), and the Disciples are related to the United Church of Christ. Wright is a UCC minister. I know Wright, and as a Disciple and twice a graduate from TCU, I'll fall on my sword for him because we must have the big conversation on race.


Racism became brutal for me when I became intimately involved with immigration, migration, refugees and persons seeking political asylum.

Horned Frogs wash over Islanders in sweep

Horned Frogs wash over Islanders in sweep

Published Mar 26, 2008

In a night of standout pitching by the entire TCU rotation, the Horned Frogs allowed only one run in two games Tuesday leading to a double-header sweep against the Texas A&M-Corpus Cristi Islanders.The...