Marriott workers give back to local charities, shelters
Food services no longer are able to donate leftovers but help through food drives

By Jonathan Sampson
Staff Reporter

For Marriott Food Service, food is business, and community service is good business.
In the past, Marriott donated leftovers to food shelters at the end of the day. But now, because of new ways to cook in smaller batches and heightened safety concerns, the company has decided to turn to its employees for its community outreach, said Richard Flores, general manager for Marriott at TCU.

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Institutional effectiveness in question
SACS evaluation reports some faculty feel excluded, unaware

By Melissa Christensen
Staff Reporter

Although TCU received full re-accreditation in January 1994, the university was not in compliance with the institutional effectiveness criteria set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Doubt still exists seven years later that the requirement for a broad-based, comprehensive planning and evaluation system will be met in the 2003 re-accreditation process.

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Campaigns class markets image of national corporation
DaimlerChrysler faces 26,000 job cuts, projected $1.3 billion loss

By LaNasha Houze
Staff Reporter

Following the announcement that DaimlerChrysler Corporation will cut its workforce by 20 percent, the TCU campaigns class has an even more challenging task on its hands.
This year the DaimlerChrysler Corporation is sponsoring the National Student Advertising Competition in which the campaigns class participates.

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Super Sellers
Viewers drawn in by anticipation of new commercials rather than the game

By Julie Ann Matonis
Staff Reporter

The Super Bowl between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Ravens is over, but few people who watched the game are talking about the score.
Instead water-cooler discussions are focused on exactly what advertisers hoped they would: the commercials. With an average of $2.3 million spent on each 30-second commercial, viewers and advertisers are still asking “was it worth it?”

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No thanks guys
TCU Police not protecting students

After two cars were broken into near campus Thursday, Det. Kelly Ham of the TCU Police said area security will not increase. However, Ham said officers will try to pay attention to cars and the lots.
Gee, thanks for all the effort, guys. And while we’re thanking you for all your hard work, we’d like to express our appreciation for other things you have done for the students:
Give us a minute ...

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Meat-based diet unacceptable
Human body better suited for vegetarianism, ‘karma-free diets’

The subject of this column is something most Americans just don’t want to think about. It is hard. However, no matter how hard it is, it is important we are conscious of the decisions that we make regarding our health, our ethics and our spirituality.

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Controversy healthy for democracy

We have another Bush for president, and already he has touched upon some thorny subjects. He stopped government funding for groups providing overseas abortions. And this business about tuition vouchers, what’s up with that? How about those Cabinet nominees? Based on what we hear from the media, it is a world gone mad.

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Men’s tennis team sweeps UTA in opener

By John Weyand
Staff Reporter

When the men’s tennis team went to Arlington Monday, coach Joey Rive said the Frogs didn’t plan on messing around.
The nation’s No. 6-ranked Frogs went 7-0 in the season opener against Texas-Arlington without losing a single set.
“We really stuck it to them,” Rive said. “We came out here and took care of business today.”

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Daniels leads Frogs to win, sets steals mark

By Matt Stiver
Skiff Staff

Following an intentional foul with 34 seconds to play, junior guard Greedy Daniels turned and shouted into the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum stands.
Daniels, who broke Mike Jones’ single-season steals record of 96, had heard enough noise from a small, but vocal, contingent of Southern Methodist fans.
“I told them the game’s over, it’s time to go,” Daniels said. “They needed to be quiet in our house.”
The SMU fans may have raised a little ruckus, but Daniels’ performance brought down the house.

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‘Billy Ball’ is back, for now

A loss to Fresno State, 94-82.
A win against Nevada, 89-88.
A loss to Tulsa, 82-66.
A loss to Rice, 73-66.
A win against Grambling State, 120-95.
The men’s basketball team was 2-3 in its previous five games going into the weekend. Two wins over Nevada and Grambling were less than impressive. Three conference losses, with the toughest loss coming to Rice, put TCU on the brink of emergency status in the Western Athletic Conference standings.

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NTSB looks at de-icing as possible cause

By P. Solomon Banda
Associated Press

BYERS, Colo. — After a snowy day walking through a mile of scattered wreckage, aviation investigators focused on whether a plane used by Oklahoma State had been de-iced before takeoff.
“We have some very detailed and painstaking work ahead of us in what are not the best weather conditions,” said John Hammerschmidt, head of the National Transportation Safety Board crash investigation team.

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A Century of Fashion
From clam-digger pants to zebra-print accessories, fashion makes its rounds throughout the decades.

By Melissa Christensen
Staff Reporter

Admit it. You wore leg warmers and off-the-shoulder sweatshirts in the 1980s. And you liked it.
But, before you sheepishly toss those neon scrunchy socks and Hypercolor T-shirts, you were saving “just in case,” to the curb, think about this: There’s a good chance they could come back.
“Fashion is cyclical,” said Sally Fortenberry, chair of the design, merchandising and textiles department. “Generally we see a 30-year cycle where fashion repeats itself.”

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