Senior defensive tackle Jared Kesler has been named to the national All-Mayday Team by ESPN's Mark May.The All-Mayday Team honors players who show toughness during the season. Kesler, who tore his ACL in an Oct. 8 win at Wyoming, said it feels good to be recognized.
"It makes me feel good to know that other people have noticed, and also nationally they have recognized it," Kesler said. "If it's able to make it up to ESPN, I am pretty proud of that."
Head coach Gary Patterson said Kesler is one of the team's leaders.
He is arguably the most famous man in America. He is many things: a leader, a competitor, a soon-to-be millionaire. He has intangibles that cannot be quantified, such as heart and composure. Through his...
Anyone who has been in the Mary Couts Burnett Library has seen Susan Swain's work, but few have seen Susan Swain.Swain is a library specialist who works in the library's special collections creating the various exhibits on display in the library's entrance, in addition to providing creative support for faculty and occasionally the chancellor's office.
On Jan. 10, Swain became the ninth recipient of the annual Library Staff Recognition Award sponsored by the Friends of the TCU Library.
"I was very surprised" Swain said. "I didn't expect that."
Every day these opinionated people meet and discuss important issues from the news. They debate the issues, come to a consensus, and tell you what they think. Here is a little about each of them.Mike Dwyer * News editor * Senior news-editorial journalism and history major He was Sports Editor in fall 2005 and has been a reporter and copy editor for the Skiff. His guilty pleasure is getting his face stepped on.
Stephanie Weaver * Opinion Editor * Senior English, philosophy and French major
Being opinionated got me this job.I'm not a journalism major, but my coursework doesn't exactly leave me out of the loop: The English department taught me how to write, the philosophy department taught me how to use my critical reasoning skills and analyze arguments logically, and the French department, if nothing else, made it easier to read international news.
What I do on this page is try to find a variety of opinions, get a discussion going and stir up some interest.
Several grants totalling $1.8 million have been awarded to faculty members and academic departments through Vision In Action's Strategic Initiative Fund, said Leo Munson, associate provost for academic support.About $1.6 million of the fund has already been allotted, Munson said. Chancellor Victor Boschini said the majority of the grants will be used for projects that will improve the student-faculty relationship.
To win the closest game in Houston Bowl history, the TCU Horned Frogs were forced to turn to the kicker that was partially responsible for putting the one in their 10-1 season.Junior reserve kicker Peter LoCoco, who was benched after missing three field goals in a Sept. 10 loss to SMU, nailed a 44-yarder with just over five minutes remaining to set the stage Saturday for the Frogs' 27-24 victory over the Iowa State Cyclones.
Between the hot shooting of junior forward Ashley Davis at one end and a stalwart team defensive effort at the other, the TCU Lady Horned Frogs coasted to a 71 - 57 victory over Air Force Saturday.The Frogs, who led by as many as 24 late in the second half, continually frustrated the Falcons on both sides of the ball. TCU's aggressive full-court press forced 18 turnovers and led to 27 points, while Davis strung together a second consecutive strong performance with 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting.
Travis Willingham '03Has had a role in "Ray," "Friday Night Lights" and "Secondhand Lions." He is acting in the Touchtone/Disney feature film, "The Guardian," starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher.What...
The TCU football program has put 20 years between itself and the scandal that sparked NCAA sanctions in 1985 - and time can be a healer. In 1985, head coach Jim Wacker turned the team in to the NCAA after learning players received illegal cash payments from boosters, an action that led to the dismissal of seven players from the team, including 1984 Heisman Trophy candidate Kenneth Davis.
Davis admitted in 1985 to illegally receiving $18,000 over three years but declined to comment further on the specifics of the situation.
Watching people fall flat on their backs during the 2003 snow day is senior Gina Wilson's favorite memory of TCU."On our snow day, all these TCU students get the idea they can walk to their friends' and they all fell over," said Wilson, a movement science major. "Every five seconds someone would fall over."
Wilson and other December graduates said TCU prepared them for the real world.
"(TCU) opened up my eyes to different types of people," Wilson said. "It opens up your eyes to more of the real world."
Though most students go to college to get a degree and further their careers, some students seem to make a career out of going to college - but not on purpose.Chris McNabb, a fifth-year senior, said he would have liked to graduate in four years. He said he thinks the reason he has had to stay an extra year and has had to take more than 20 hours a semester the last two years is due to taking too much time picking a major.
