Admissons seeks to expand diversity

By Carrie Woodall
Staff Reporter

Admission counselors now have more ability to help expand diversity on campus.
Because more students are applying to the university, there is a larger pool to choose from, said Ray Brown, dean of admissions.

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Charges not filed in theft

By Jonathan Sampson
Staff Reporter

Police searched for 45 minutes Thursday before capturing five Paschal High School students after the burglary of two vehicles belonging to TCU students, said Jamie Johnson, neighborhood police officer assigned to the TCU campus.
Johnson said arrests were not made for the burglary of the vehicles, but suspects were identified, charged with truancy and returned to school.

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O.S.I.A. to hold formal Saturday
Cultural groups seek diverse dance

By Maliha Suleman
Staff Reporter

The Organization of Latin American Students wants the O.S.I.A. Winter Formal to be inclusive and welcoming to all students, said Carmen Orozco-Acosta, president of O.L.A.S.
O.L.A.S, Students for Asian-Indian Cultural Awareness, International Student Association and the Asian Student Association are sponsoring their first winter formal from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday in the Student Center Ballroom.

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Price of natural gas could cause increase in tuition
Campus utility costs for university go over budget by 25 percent

By Julie Ann Matonis
Staff Reporter

With campus utility costs 25 percent over budget because of elevated natural gas prices, TCU officials are monitoring the situation so students are not left out in the cold.

Carol Campbell, vice chancellor for finance and business, said the higher-than-anticipated utility costs could eventually impact students.

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Common communication
Intensive English Program opens dialogue

By Maliha Suleman
Staff Reporter

Hundreds of TCU students carry on conversations every day, most of them in English.
Sasha Chkolnik recalled how anxious and homesick she felt when she first heard those foreign voices.

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Diverse Dining
Begin relationships at dinner table

While the TCU admissions office has begun to make noticeable strides to diversify the student body, the students have seemingly made equal strides to segregate the campus.
On any given day, The Main is filled with students of different racial, ethnic, gender and geographic make ups, but the students with differing backgrounds and beliefs rarely sit on the same side of the cafeteria, let alone at the same table.

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Bush’s ‘united country’ might divide after his first policy changes

When the final verdict was delivered and Americans were told George W. Bush would be their 43rd president, anybody could easily see I was more than a little disappointed. In fact, I thought moving out of the country would be a wise decision.

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Right to peaceful protest imperative

Much of the world watched this past weekend as our nation brought a new president to office. I rest assured that I was not the only student who watched parts of President George W. Bush’s inauguration.

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Frogs look for boost from SMU matchup
Tubbs downplays importance of season’s first meeting with WAC rival Mustangs

By Matt Stiver
Skiff Staff

Entering the season, the Horned Frogs, some publicly and most privately, believed they were capable of making a run at a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Though the calendar reads January, the Frogs face a postseason type game 3 p.m. Saturday against Southern Methodist at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. Not halfway through the Western Athletic Conference schedule, three conference losses have the Frogs facing the prospect of seeing their postseason aspirations disappear faster than junior guard Greedy Daniels can steal the ball.

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Men’s tennis team begins dual matches

By Ram Luthra
Staff Reporter

The six seniors on the men’s tennis team will open their final dual-match season with a familiar scenario that has shadowed them throughout their TCU tennis careers.
The seniors will begin the team competition portion of their season noon Saturday against Texas-Arlington with a new head coach, making it the third new coach the seniors have had in four seasons.

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Women’s swim team set for Rice

By Colleen Casey
Skiff Staff

During this week’s practices the women’s swim team prepared for Saturday’s meeting with Rice by stomping rice on the pool deck, crushing rice with a brick and flushing rice down the toilet. Head coach Richard Sybesma said it’s important to him to get his swimmers mentally prepared to face the tough, in-state, Western Athletic Conference rival.

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No respect for women’s team
Fans still asking ‘So what?’ when it comes to basketball games

Women’s basketball, please, give it up.
 Rodney Dangerfield had a patent on that shtick well before most of you picked up a ball. We know, you just don’t get any respect.
Well, OK, lay down on the couch, tell me your problems.

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Room for improvement at TCU, some say

By Yvette Herrera
Features Editor

With an enrollment of 7,600 graduate and undergraduate students that represent 48 states and more than 70 countries, TCU makes every effort to ensure diversity in admitting students, said Linda Moore, chairwoman of the social work department.
One way of creating a diverse population is through different ideas and perspectives that students and faculty have, rather than through their ethnicity and gender, Moore said.

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Percentage of men in college decreasing

By Rusty Simmons
Editor in Chief

While teaching at North Carolina State University, Anne Lucchetti conducted an experiment by limiting the enrollment of a speech communication class to an equal number of men and women.
Lucchetti, who is now an assistant professor of speech communication at TCU, said the class was a disaster because the men dominated the class discussion.
Take Lucchetti’s experiment and multiply it several hundred times, and it isn’t surprising that while women make up almost 60 percent of the TCU student body, men still control many class discussions.

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Faculty voice opinions on future of affirmative action

By Hemi Ahluwalia
Associate Campus Editor

Many people balk when asked to talk about affirmative action because of the controversy that surrounds the issue, but they still have an opinion on it.

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