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Escort service: good intentions but has faults

Escort service: good intentions but has faults

Published Sep 23, 2005

Women live in a state of constant fear.We were taught to be fearful since the day we were born.

If I walk outside by myself at night, heaven forbid, my mom and friends freak out. They say I need to maintain the buddy system, or I just shouldn't go anywhere.

But who wants to stay indoors all day? I, for one, am not going to sit around and wait for some tough man to escort me to my car at midnight just because of a perceived potential danger.

Team looks for win on the road

Published Sep 23, 2005

The women's golf team looks to next week's tournament to bounce back from placing eighth out of 12 last week.The Frogs are heading to Albuquerque, N.M., for the Dick McGuire Invitational.

At the end of the first qualifying round Wednesday, which determined which golfers TCU will send to the tournament, head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin said there is still work to do.

"We need to play well, put (last week) behind us and move forward," she said.

Locals brace for storm

Locals brace for storm

Published Sep 23, 2005

Fort Worth may be more than 250 miles from the coast, but local residents are not taking chances.Fort Worth gas stations and grocery stores are flooded with customers and hotels are running out of rooms as Hurricane Rita makes its approach.

A Wal-Mart Supercenter on Anderson Street is struggling to provide enough bottled water for customers who are stocking up in preparation.

"We are swamped. All you see in the store are big baskets," said Regina Hall, a telephone operator for Wal-Mart.

NCAA on men’s track: Cheating went on for seven years

Published Sep 23, 2005

Records set by the men's track and field team will be removed from the record books because of violations committed between 1997 and 2004, the NCAA announced Thursday. Sixteen of 22 student-athletes involved in the violations finished in the Top 10 in 43 events at the the NCAA Division I indoor and outdoor track championships, according to a NCAA release.

The NCAA D-I Committee on Infractions also placed the TCU athletics program on probation for two years.

Fraternity raises awareness, money for Push America

Fraternity raises awareness, money for Push America

Published Sep 22, 2005

Music blasted as students gathered beside Frog Fountain to watch sorority teams compete in a playground-style wheelchair basketball tournament.Sorority members wore matching shirts and cheered on their teammates, who competed against each other in several three-on-three half-court games.

Push Week - Pi Kappa Phi fraternity's three-day effort to promote Push America, a philanthropy benefitting disabled children - concluded Wednesday with the tournament.

Album Review – Coheed and Cambria

Published Sep 22, 2005

Forming the third piece of Coheed and Cambria's concept album tetralogy, "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" is over-the-top in ways the band's previous release, 2003's "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3," doesn't come close to matching.Beginning with a new symphonic rendition of the theme music common to all previous releases, the first two tracks are light and acoustic-based, yet still convey an ominous atmosphere that holds the listener until the more energetic music kicks in with track three.

Apartment leasing office to open near campus

Apartment leasing office to open near campus

Published Sep 22, 2005

Students will get first crack at GrandMarc apartments on East Campus when the leasing office opens in November.GrandMarc at Westberry Place, TCU's new privately owned, luxury on-campus apartment complex, located between Greene and Waits streets, plans to open a leasing office at 2711 W. Berry St..

Although TCU owns the land where GrandMarc is being built, Phoenix Property Co., a Dallas-based development and management firm, will lease the land from TCU and manage the apartments, said Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs.

TCU could use more drama

Published Sep 22, 2005

RTVF soap opera is great start but we need full stationThere may be enough drama in most college students' lives, but maybe there is room for a little more.

The radio-TV-film department's recent announcement that it is going to put together a student-run soap opera is a great idea.

Where else but college will students get the opportunity to learn the ropes and experiment with different forms of media from newspapers to television, from theater to film?

Schools cancel games due to Hurricane Rita

Published Sep 22, 2005

Hurricane Rita forced universities in southeastern Texas to cancel and reschedule athletic events, two of which will affect the TCU women's soccer team.Head soccer coach Dan Abdalla said the game at Rice, scheduled for Friday, has been canceled, and the game at home against Sam Houston State, scheduled for Sunday, is postponed until next week.

"The impending hurricane has caused us to take a step back," he said. "We are most concerned with the well-being and safety of the players, their families and anyone near the hurricane."

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Football team needs another Browne

Published Sep 22, 2005

Football used to be so easy.You'd drive the ball inside the other team's territory, and you'd score one way or another. You'd either score a touchdown, or you'd settle for a field goal.

And now, I'd love to simply settle for a field goal.

If you're a junior or senior, you were spoiled from 2001 to 2003. Nick Browne held down the fort connecting on 65 field goals in his three years.

He holds 10 school records, including career field goals made, field goals made in a season and field goals made in a single game.

Underfrog – Ervin Dickerson

Published Sep 22, 2005

When did you start playing football?
Sixth gradeWho is your role model?
Denzel Washington

What's your idea of a perfect day?
When everything goes well for me. I go to class and get an A on a test and then go to practice and catch every ball. Or, if it's a Saturday, I catch every ball and then go out at night and do my thing.

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always wanted to play college football and be in a fraternity.

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Student actors perform ‘Proof’

Published Sep 22, 2005

It is a Thursday night on the third floor of Ed Landreth Hall. The evening is quickly becoming a wonderful opportunity to witness the formative stages of Theatre TCU's upcoming production of "Proof" by David Auburn, running from Tuesday to Oct. 2."Proof" is an exhilarating drama about the struggle of a young woman named Catherine, the daughter of a brilliant yet mentally unstable mathematician. After her father's death, she encountered many uncertainties regarding her own mental abilities and her place in the world.