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Players earn top grades

Published Feb 22, 2006

The women's soccer team had a school-high with nine student-athletes named to the Fall 2005 Mountain West Conference All-Academic Team. TCU had 27 student-athletes total.The All-Academic Team, announced on Feb. 15, 2005, requires that student-athletes complete at least one academic term to be eligible, hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above and be a significant contributor on their team, according to gofrogs.com.

Head soccer coach Dan Abdalla said the team has structured policies regarding academics.

Save lives, become an organ donor

Published Feb 22, 2006

The Associated Press reported a story Monday of a 16-year-old girl who died because she didn't receive a liver transplant. It wasn't the health care system's fault; the girl could not get a donor in time.The 16-year-old girl is not alone. As of 5:30 p.m., 91,048 people were waiting for organs, according to www.optn.org, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's Web site. According to the same Web site, from January 2005 to November 2005, there were 13,333 donors, and in that time period, there were 25,952 transplants.

Facebook stalls; life not bettered

Facebook stalls; life not bettered

Published Feb 22, 2006

I hadn't written a single word of my seven-page paper on the night I finally gave in to Facebook. Even worse, I had exhausted every last one of my normal procrastination resources.I had already picked up my room, paced around my house, watched a couple episodes of "Sex & the City" on DVD, baked a cake and scrubbed the bathroom sink with an old toothbrush. I whined until my roommates told me to go away. I sat on my bed and thought defamatory things about my professor.

Professor discusses Eisenhower, media

Published Feb 22, 2006

An "irresponsible press corps" along with President Eisenhower's reluctance to deal with reporters has led to a misrepresentation of his presidency, a visiting history professor said Tuesday evening at the Kelly Alumni Center.Michael Birkner, a history professor at Gettysburg College, is the latest Green Honors Chair to visit TCU. The Cecil H. and Ida Green Honors Chair allows TCU departments to invite guest speakers annually for a three-day visit.

Priest helps campus find faith

Priest helps campus find faith

Published Feb 22, 2006

Most 14-year-olds aren't exactly wrestling with life's more important decisions. Their big decisions usually involve whom they should sit by at lunch, whom to ask to a school dance or how to stretch that...

Greek system should recruit in spring

Greek system should recruit in spring

Published Feb 22, 2006

At TCU, students are flung into the whirlwind of Greek "rush" before they know what hit them. The noun rush, as defined by means "the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner."

Curiously, "rush" is also a term used by many to describe sorority and fraternity recruitment. Coincidence?

Recruitment for Greek organizations begins even before classes do, taking precedence over academics and denying students the opportunity to experience TCU from outside the Greek lens.

Volunteers to educate campus about suffering children

Published Feb 22, 2006

A motor home will park on campus today, and those who have been living in it for the last three weeks have only one message for students: Children are being forced to kill and nobody is paying attention."A rebel army abducts children and forces them to fight," said John Rowett, one of four people touring the campus. "It's an emergency in Uganda and no one knows about it."

Rowett is part of a campaign called Invisible Children, a program that aims to help Ugandans by raising not only money, but awareness about the country's problems.

Part 1 of 2: Dun Searching

Part 1 of 2: Dun Searching

Published Feb 22, 2006

His cramped office in University Career Services doesn't have a window.Papers, cards, an umbrella, a mug and compact discs lie scattered over his dark wood desk, and his computer screen is propped on several books to bring it up to eye level for his 6-foot-4-inch stature.

His office may be cramped and cluttered, but Chuck Dunning, associate director of University Career Services, said he has his ideal job, and it took him lots of searching to find it.

Frogs win two at tourney

Frogs win two at tourney

Published Feb 21, 2006

The Horned Frogs (4-3) finished their weekend tournament in Edinburgh with a 2-1 record, capped off by a no-hitter from junior Brad Furnish in TCU's 7-inning victory Sunday against Stephen F. Austin (2-8). Furnish's 13-strikeout performance was a career best and marked the eighth no-hitter in TCU history. The cold bats that plagued the Frogs in their Feb. 14 home loss to Texas State seemed a distant memory over the weekend, as TCU managed more than 15 hits in two of its three games. The lone loss of the tournament came courtesy of No.

Business barricades

Business barricades

Published Feb 21, 2006

While heavy machinery rips up a quarter mile of concrete between Waits and McCart avenues, the effect on businesses has been mixed.The $3.03 million reworking of Berry Street, which began a month ago and is expected to last a total of 18 months, calls for tree-lined sidewalks, a wider median and parallel parking spaces in either direction, said Fort Worth City Council member Wendy Davis.

Blame pointless; solution needed

Published Feb 21, 2006

It's been almost six months since the Gulf Coast was devastated by the overwhelming power of Hurricane Katrina, and all of America has fully indulged in its fair share of finger-pointing.The problem is all those fingers are pointing at each other and not at solutions. While countless displaced New Orleans residents remain estranged from their homes and much of the Ninth Ward is still closed in nighttime hours, our government continues to turn a blind eye towards the suffering of the victims in favor of the squirming of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff in his hot seat.

Determine goals early, speaker says

Determine goals early, speaker says

Published Feb 21, 2006

A TCU graduate and former influential figure in the Mexican government told students and community leaders to know their passion and what they want to do with their lives.Juan Hernandez, a former adviser to Mexican president Vicente Fox, was the keynote speaker at the Leadership Council and Leadership Center's 12th Annual Leadership Institute Dinner on Friday.

Hernandez said it is important to recognize passion, determine a plan and what makes a person angry.