Last semester's online course evaluation trial proved unsuccessful because of low student participation.Before the online course evaluations get a second trial, students must first understand the implications of course evaluations.

Forty-one percent of the student body responded to the online evaluations compared to 75 percent who filled out the paper-and-pencil Student Perception of Teaching evaluations during class, said Catherine Welhburg, executive director of the Office for Assessment and Quality Enhancement.

After last semester's online course evaluation pilot test, the faculty evaluation committee reported the study was unsuccessful because of a low student response rate found.Catherine Wehlburg, executive director of the Office for Assessment and Quality Enhancement, said, "A reason we had unsuccessful rates was because over 1,000 evaluations were caught in the TCU spam filters so by the time the e-mails were sent back out, the timing was off due to finals week."

Whether it's during class or out at the movies, text messaging, instant messages and e-mails have grown in popularity among the adolescents of this generation to the point where it has arguably changed the communication landscape. That changing landscape of electronic communication has forced the NCAA to ban the use of text messaging as part of the recruiting process for college athletics.

The battle to decide who would fill the vacant starting quarterback position has ended as head coach Gary Patterson named Andy Dalton as the starting quarterback this season.Patterson named the redshirt freshman the starter on Sunday, and will be under center when the Frogs open up the season at home in two weeks against Baylor on Sept. 1. Dalton, who has yet to take an official in-game snap in his college career, beat out sophomore Marcus Jackson for the position.

A man who claims to have committed more than 300 thefts in the past 22 years on the TCU campus is scheduled to go to trial Monday for four separate counts of theft.Keith Money, 49, was arrested by TCU Police for stealing a wallet May 30 from the University Recreation Center, TCU Police Sgt. Kelly Ham said.

Prior to his imprisonment, Money stated in police documents he had committed just as many thefts at SMU, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of North Texas.

Dallas/Fort Worth experienced a series of rains of Genesian proportions last summer. For nearly seven weeks straight, rainfall drenched the Metroplex causing dams and floodgates to be opened.While these daily showers continued, work progressed as planned for the construction on the TCU campus. The Amon G. Carter and the Kellye Wright Samuelson residence halls are open for business in what used to be a crater in the heart of the university. The construction is still on schedule for a spring opening of the Teresa and Luther King and the Mary and Robert J. Wright residence halls.

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