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Ad Campaigns team headed to nationals

Published Apr 24, 2007

The university Ad Campaigns team took first place in District 10 of the National Student Advertising Competition in Fort Worth on Thursday.Mike Wood, faculty adviser for the team, said the accomplishment is nothing to be taken lightly.

"District 10 is the strongest one in the country," Wood said. "With TCU being a private school without any strong funding, we really pulled off a David versus Goliath match here."

More open religious discussion valuable for diversity

Published Apr 24, 2007

I did a little experiment a few weeks ago. Just on a whim, I stood up between the Clark statues one afternoon and read the Gospel of John out loud. Within an hour, someone called the cops on me.

The policeman, who politely shooed me away, explained that reading from the Bible out loud on campus without a permit constituted an illegal assembly, even if I was the only person "assembling." Fair enough. Nevertheless, I found it interesting that someone had considered me enough of a threat to TCU's well-being as to justify police action.

Media should shift focus away from Virginia Tech shooter

Published Apr 24, 2007

As the world was still holding its breath from shock at the Virginia Tech massacre, the public received another round of unwanted news. Sickening pictures of the shooter, Cho Seung-Hui, were first released Thursday by NBC News.The pictures showed Cho in violent, outraged poses: arms outstretched and guns in hand. Only certain photos were released, but the package contained an array of media including "rambling, hate-filled video and written messages, with several pictures of him posing with a gun," according to an April 19 Associated Press article.

Flyin Frogs make strides against the wind

Flyin’ Frogs make strides against the wind

Published Apr 21, 2007

In their last home meet of the season the Flying Frogs battled strong winds and 11 other schools in the eighth annual TCU Invitational on Saturday.TCU earned nine first-place finishes and posted 16 regional qualifying times.

Some of the schools that took part in the meet included the University of Central Arkansas Bears, the Colorado University Buffaloes, the University of North Texas Mean Green, the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, the SMU Mustangs, the Texas Tech University Red Raiders and the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks.

Horned Frogs take home series with win

Horned Frogs take home series with win

Published Apr 21, 2007

If pitching wins ballgames, then the TCU Horned Frogs are quickly paving the way to Omaha. After taking two out of three games from the Brigham Young University Cougars, where Horned Frog starting pitchers allowed just one run, TCU is now 12-2 in the Mountain West Conference.Saturday night was a solid outing for starting pitcher Chance Corgan (5-1) who went seven innings and allowed three hits while striking out six as the Horned Frogs pulled out a 7-0 shutout victory.

"It was the best start he had against a good offensive team," head coach Jim Schlossnagle said.

Horned Frogs crush Cougars

Horned Frogs crush Cougars

Published Apr 21, 2007

The TCU Horned Frogs (28-10; 11-2) dismantled Mountain West Conference rival Bringham Young University (22-13; 7-3) on Friday night at Lupton Stadium. The keys to the victory were BYU's five errors and TCU's 12 runs in three innings.In the top of the first inning, TCU senior starting pitcher(cq), Chris Johnson got off to a good start with a first pitch strike. He then set the Cougars down one, two, three.

"I felt good, I knew that I had to throw strikes," Johnson said.

The Land of Brody

Published Apr 20, 2007

Though the sun may have set on "The O.C.," Adam Brody does not seem sad about waving goodbye to his days at Newport High. Rather, Brody appears content in his new role jetting across the country on a press tour to promote his new movie, "In the Land of Women."Brody sat on a large ottoman in a suite at the W Hotel in Dallas, pulling one leg up to his chest as he compared his role as Carter Webb, the lead character of "In the Land of Women," to Seth Cohen, his four-year character on the hit FOX TV show, "The OC."

‘In the Land of Women’ not average chick flick

Published Apr 20, 2007

"In the Land of Women" is a melodramatic coming-of-age film that shies away from the chick flick genre as it examines relationships of all sorts.Though the previews may be misleading - it is not simply a love story between Adam Brody ("The O.C.") and Kristen Stewart ("Fierce People") - viewers may be pleasantly surprised at the level of depth reached in what may appear to be a shallow movie.

Drop It

Drop It

Published Apr 20, 2007

The lawn outside Clark Hall on Thursday was the scene of the first Red Bull Gravity Challenge in the U.S. Contestants built protective casings for their eggs, which were then dropped from 50 feet. Winners were determined on how little the egg was damaged, the creativity of the team and their 'egg-quipment.'

Designs for the 'egg-quipment' ranged from a papier-mache baby to a volcano filled with baking soda.

Home Winning Streak Ended

Home Winning Streak Ended

Published Apr 20, 2007

The No. 27 TCU baseball team's 7-game win streak was snapped by conference-rival BYU at Lupton Stadium Thursday night.The battle between the Horned Frogs, No. 1 in the Mountain West Conference, and BYU, No.2 in the MWC, ended with a score of 5-0 in front of a noticeable BYU crowd in Fort Worth.

The starting pitchers, TCU's Jake Arrieta and BYU's Jesse Craig, carried a scoreless stalemate that lasted well into the eighth inning until BYU left fielder Apana Nakayama ended the deadlock with a towering home run that sailed over the center field wall.

Student remembers time at Virginia Tech

Published Apr 20, 2007

With the Virginia Tech shootings unfolding throughout the day Monday, Lauren Pope could envision herself on the grounds of the 2,600-acre campus.As names and faces are being put together to the 32 slain victims and gunman of the Virginia Tech attack, TCU students, such as Pope, and faculty with ties to Virginia Tech and the state of Virginia continue to reflect and mourn days after the most catastrophic school shooting in U.S. history.

Symposium to address global level of energy use

Published Apr 20, 2007

Fourteen environmental science graduate and undergraduate students will host a symposium Monday to address local and global energy usage. Stephanie Eady, who is an environmental science graduate student and one of the 14 organizers of the symposium, said the panel of speakers attending will comprise a variety of backgrounds to highlight the necessity of a variety of perspectives in order to determine what the future holds regarding energy.

"We're committed to have carbon in the next 20 years," Eady said. "To find one single alternative to carbon is ridiculous."