Four escapees captured; one found dead
Tip leads to arrest of escaped Texas convicts in Colorado

By Ram Luthra
Staff Reporter

Acting on a tip Monday, authorities captured four of the seven convicts who broke out of a Texas prison nearly six weeks ago and allegedly gunned down a policeman on Christmas Eve.

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TCU reapplies
Committee to begin plans for re-accreditation

By Melissa Christensen
Staff Reporter

TCU is laying the groundwork for the re-accreditation process that allows disbursement of federal money, permits credit transfers between educational institutions and offers credibility to TCU degrees.

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Fire inspection
Campus safety remains a priority

By Chrissy Braden
Staff Reporter

One year after three students died and 58 others were injured in a residence hall fire at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, TCU officials are still working to increase TCU’s fire safety.
“I don’t really think about a fire happening that much,” said Brooks Zitzmann, a sophomore biology major and Colby Hall resident assistant.

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First-hand look
Student recaps Inauguration details

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three articles documenting the reporter’s personal experience during the days leading up to the Presidential Inauguration.

By Melissa DeLoach
Senior Reporter

WASHINGTON — As the last balloon dropped at the Republican National Convention in August, I told myself that this wouldn’t be my last convention to attend. Saturday I said the same thing as I stood in the mud with tens of thousands of people watching George W. Bush be sworn into office as the 43rd President of the United States.

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FBLA visits TCU
Area high school students compete

By Julie Ann Matonis
Staff Reporter

Instead of sleeping in on Saturday morning, Joy Clark was nervously preparing for an interview with an important corporation.
The Azle High School junior wore a green letterman jacket, a black dress with fringe and black sandals that did not conceal her toe ring. It was not typical business attire, but Clark was not attending a typical interview.

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Set priorities
Exemplary fire safety takes effort

For the students of Seton Hall University residential fires are real.
A year after an early-morning fire engulfed a residence hall there, the memories of the blaze which killed three students and injured 58 others still burn.

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Bush begins term on wrong foot
Appointee John Ashcroft’s extremist views may affect decisions

President George W. Bush wanted nothing more than to have a smooth transition to the White House after what could be deemed a less than smooth election.
It all started off very nicely for Bush with Linda Chavez’s sudden self-implosion and has now taken a turn for the worse with Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft. With the decision to nominate Ashcroft, Bush, who focused much of his campaign on promising to unite Congress, quickly made matters worse before he had even been sworn into office.

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Reinstatement of policy restricts rights

The ink is barely dry on the history books, and Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris has barely finished wiping that gloating smile off her face. TV news shows are still discussing Laura Bush’s wardrobe and President George W. Bush has already done something stupid.
According to The Washington Post, Bush said Monday he will reinstate the so-called Mexico City policy, a ban that blocks U.S. funds to international family-planning groups that offer abortion and abortion counseling.

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Letter to the editor
Actions of Rowe do not reflect feelings of others in fraternity

The gentlemen of Sigma Nu Fraternity, Lambda Epsilon Chapter of Fort Worth, sincerely extend their sympathy for the inexcusable destruction of property belonging to both of the gentlemen of Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities.
If the charges of arson brought against former TCU student Vern Rowe are proven true, we will also offer our deepest apologies over the regrettable incidents. Even though Rowe was a member of Sigma Nu when the alleged crimes occurred, we fervently wish it to be known that members of Sigma Nu do not condone such ignominious deeds.

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The ‘big talk’ may not be enough to educate
Parents must do more to advocate good decision-making skills as well as safe sex

When it came to having the “big talk” about sex with my parents (which was actually a series of frequent lectures) my mom would always leave my brother and me with one thought: “Always remember,” she said. “Don’t be silly, protect your Willy.” Although this sentence is a little bit off the wall and was always sure to embarrass my brother and me, it is the one thing I never forgot throughout the sex education I received at school and home.
Now however, it seems that parents are going to have to be a little more careful about how they are teaching their children about sex.

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Frogs fall to fifth in WAC after second straight loss

By Matt Stiver
Skiff Staff

During Saturday’s men’s basketball game against Rice, one team smothered the other with a zone defense. One team hit 50 percent of its shots, including key three pointers down the stretch. One team had the other totally frustrated. To the surprise of the Horned Frogs and the 5,117 in attendance at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, that team was Rice.

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Conference-leading TCU set to host last-place Golden Hurricane

By Kelly Morris
Associate Sports Editor

Even though the Western Athletic Conference-leading TCU women’s basketball team will host Tulsa today, the conference’s worst team, head women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie said the team can’t think of the game as an easy victory.

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Finishing Touches
Big and bold. Small and subtle. It all comes down to the…

Making an apartment a new home can seem unmanageable when trying to create room for textbooks and other necessities every 20-year-old has.
Kate McDougall, a junior interior design major, has lived in a 437 square foot apartment for a year. When she originally moved in, her new home didn’t look anything like it does now.

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