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Time off should be used wisely

Published Feb 7, 2011

After a week of winter weather that caused four days of canceled classes, the university is almost back to normal.

Missing four days in a semester that only has 70 days of normal class time is a lot, but the cancellations were unavoidable. Student, faculty and staff safety should be the most important consideration when determining whether to keep the university open, and in this case it looks like the university made the right call.

Busted pipe in Sid Rich causes technological services outages

Busted pipe in Sid Rich causes technological services outages

Published Feb 7, 2011

The TCU computer mainframe located in the Sid W. Richardson Building was affected by a burst pipe in the building's basement Thursday morning due to freezing temperatures, resulting in outages in the university's technological services such as my.tcu.edu, TCU e-mail accounts, servers and the main TCU website.

With eight inches of water under the floorboards where the electrical wires are located, Josh Harmon, director of enterprise application services, said it was surprising the server was recovered by Saturday morning.

Events rescheduled for weather

Published Feb 7, 2011

The winter weather last week caused many events to be canceled. On Monday, it was unclear how many of canceled university events would be rescheduled. However, the Skiff staff compiled as much information as possible until the time of publication for the following events.

Study Abroad Fair

Rescheduled for:

Monday, Feb. 14

12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Scharbauer Hall Lobby

On-Campus Passport Processing Services

Rescheduled for:

Monday, Feb. 14

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Reed Hall, Room 214

Purke, Coats named preseason All Americans

Purke, Coats named preseason All Americans

Published Feb 7, 2011

Sophomore pitcher Matt Purke and junior outfielder Jason Coats have been named preseason All-Americans by Baseball America. Purke, who was the National Freshman of the Year in 2010 after pitching a 16-0...

Transforming snow days is unfair

Published Feb 7, 2011

Snow 8212; this magical word doubles as a wonder of nature and as a day of freedom. As a kid, and even as a college student, when there is any mention of snow or ice, I hope that I will wake up to a winter wonderland and that school will be canceled.

As much as I am fond of the occasional spontaneous day of freedom, I know that with virtually all things come consequences. For the Mississinawa Valley School District in Ohio, the idea of freedom on a snow day has transformed entirely.

TCU recruiting class ranked 23rd by Scout.com

Published Feb 7, 2011

TCU is no longer fighting for the recruiting scraps left over from the UTs and OUs of the football world. While most of the campus was frozen last week, TCU announced 24 football signings last Wednesday 8212; that was good enough to be ranked 23rd by Scout.com and 25th by Rivals.com, the first time TCU has had a top-25 ranked recruiting class. TCU also added a 25th player, defensive tackle Davion Pierson, to the recruiting class Monday. Pierson, of Oklahoma City, was rated by Rivals.com as the No. 1 defensive tackle prospect in Oklahoma.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson calls a play from the sidelines during a home game against Texas State September 19.

Freshman releases first iTunes album

Published Feb 7, 2011

Michael Smith, a freshman pre-business major, just released his first album on iTunes called "Two Fly" with his friend on Jan. 8. Their rap group, Crew of Two, started after Smith's tennis injury caused him to pursue a new path that merged his love for rap and writing.

Q: What is the name of your new CD?

A: Two Fly...because we are Crew of Two.

Q: So that is the name of your group? Is it you and another person?

Weather puts damper on Super Bowl impact

Weather puts damper on Super Bowl impact

Published Feb 7, 2011

Local campus restaurants prepared for the extra guests Super Bowl XLV was expected to bring to businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, until the Metroplex was frosted with snow and ice.

The Berry Street Fuzzy's location started seeing an increase in guests the weekend before the Super Bowl, but after the ice, business was not anywhere near what it was expected to be.

"It was a normal week," Fuzzy's General Manager Bo Martino said. "I was anticipating abnormal...I'm a little disappointed we didn't get more of that (Super Bowl) crowd."

Cash’s uniform deserving of honors

Published Feb 7, 2011

The Jan. 29 honoring of basketball great James Cash was a long time coming.

It is fun to have had a part in James Cash's TCU jersey retirement. When I was a student at TCU from 1972-76, my father was friends with then-head basketball coach Johnny Swaim. One day I asked Coach Swaim if he had any old jerseys around that he would let me have.

He ended up cleaning out the closet of over 50 sets of uniforms from three different uniform styles. I hauled them back to my dorm room in three big trash sacks.

TCU falls to No. 6 San Diego State on the road

Published Feb 7, 2011

No. 6 San Diego State defeated TCU 60-53 on Saturday, dropping the Frogs to 10-14 on the season and 1-8 in Mountain West Conference play. The Frogs kept the game within reach, cutting the lead to five points with just over a minute remaining in the game, but the Aztecs won their 16th consecutive home game at a sold-out Viejas Arena. San Diego State improved to 22-1 overall and 8-1 in the MWC.

Super Bowl brings increase in sex-trafficking

Published Feb 4, 2011

A young girl is told all her troubles will disappear and she will be loved forever. She is whisked away not realizing that her purpose is to be bought and sold for sex.

The Super Bowl brought national attention to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. TCU students have geared up for a weekend of cold excitement and football. The university sent even sent out a crime tips e-mail warning students about pickpockets and drunk driving.

However, there has been no mention or awareness on campus of one of the biggest problems surrounding the Super Bowl.

Broken pipe in Sid Rich leaves campus disconnected

Published Feb 3, 2011

A pipe in Sid Richardson Hall burst Thursday morning, taking out power to the TCU servers.

University e-mail, phone and most Internet was taken offline, according to a TCU alert sent Thursday afternoon.

University officials said basic services like Internet, e-mail and university phones should be back up within about a day. However more complicated services, like servers, could be offline into next week.