Board discusses comprehensive tuition
Trustees review flat fees, UCR changes; to decide at March meeting

Skiff Staff

Members of the TCU Board of Trustees set no official policy nor made changes to existing policy but spent most of their Friday meeting making plans.
During their first meeting of the year, the board discussed implementing a comprehensive tuition, reviewed the restructuring of the core curriculum requirements and heard updates on the projects initiated by the Commission on the Future of TCU.

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Police say following rules may reduce crime
Keeping doors of residence halls, rooms locked are ways to increase campus safety

By Ram Luthra
Staff Reporter

Students need to concentrate on keeping residence halls doors locked and closed to reduce the risk of possessions being stolen as the spring semester progresses, said TCU Police Officer John Carter.
He said the major cause for theft in residence halls is because students don’t lock their doors and they leave the building entrances open.
“The most common things students do is prop open the entrance doors of buildings,” Carter said. “This allows anyone to enter the building.”

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Residents antsy over colonies invading their living space

By Chrissy Braden
Staff Reporter

They started marching one-by-one and quickly became long trails marching along sinks, desks and computers in Moody Hall.
The Worth Hills residence hall — which houses Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities — is infested with pharaoh ants, also known as sugar ants, and Argentine ants, said Buck Fielding, assistant director of building maintenance.

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Grad students to receive
more classroom training
Plan to help prospective teachers get acclimated

By Carrie Woodall
Staff Reporter

Many institutions are requiring their graduate students to take a course in teaching before they begin instructing students in hopes it will improve the quality of their teaching, said Sam Deitz, dean of education.
Larry Kitchens, director of instructional services, said new professors usually have spent little time learning how to teach because they have concentrated solely on their research and doctorate work.

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Crash like OSU tragedy deemed unlikely here
Incident hits close to home for TCU director of basketball operations

By Chris Gibson
Skiff Staff

Although the Oklahoma State plane crash is a major tragedy, a similar situation probably wouldn’t happen at TCU, said Ross Bailey, associate athletic director for operations.

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Any Time Now
Accreditation apathy harms school

It has been seven years since TCU was re-accreditated by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the university is still not in compliance with the re-accreditation criteria that was set in 1994.
What is taking so long?
Provost William Koehler said TCU is for the most part in compliance with the criteria, but if someone was to take a close look at what the university has accomplished then it really is not in compliance.

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Tuition should be better spent

The natural reaction when I tell people I attend TCU is wide eyes followed by “Isn’t that expensive?”
I answer yes and defend the university’s expense by speaking highly of the professors and the beautiful campus.
Sometimes, however, I’m at a loss for words, wondering why TCU is so expensive. The cost could easily be reduced if officials made the decision to cut a few corners.

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Unity needs to come before diversity

One of the biggest issues on this campus has been one of diversity. If you were paying attention at all last week you might have noticed that our beloved TCU Daily Skiff pretty much dedicated an entire issue to it.
Ever since Chancellor Michael Ferrari began his reign here, it has always been one of his top priorities for the advancement of this ridiculous institution.

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Concern remains over Cabinet

I just don’t understand these republicans. President Bush’s first weeks in office have been spent appeasing his conservative base. You would think conservatives would be elated with Bush’s opening moves.
Not quite.

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Survivor II difficult to swallow

Cringing at the thought of having to write about Bill Clinton’s string of pardons, which undoubtedly came from the kindness in his heart, or Bush’s latest decision to change the presidential stationary in the Oval Office, I scoured the Internet to find an idea and came up with, and it produced, well ... very little.

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L.T. presented with Doak Walker trophy
Tomlinson says award from SMU a personal victory

By Kelly Morris
Associate Sports Editor

The Doak Walker Award is named after Southern Methodist’s 1948 Heisman Trophy winner and three-time All-American.
But senior tailback LaDainian Tomlinson said the award outweighs the petty idea of the cross-town rivalry between SMU and TCU.

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Baseball team gets underway, wins two
Bates, Olmstead each compile six RBIs

By Colleen Casey
Skiff Staff

After the first inning of TCU baseball’s season-opening doubleheader Tuesday, observers might have come to the conclusion that Prairie View A&M had been scheduled only to allow the Frogs to start the season with a 2-0 record.
TCU scored 34 runs in just 12 innings.
In the first game, TCU sent 16 batters to the plate and scored11 times on 8 hits in the first inning.

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Sports gambling is an American’s right

There are two reactions people have when they find out that I bet on sports.
One is disapproval. After all, gambling tends to strike a large part of the population, mostly the “conservatives,” as an abhorrent activity (there’s a reason that Las Vegas is called “Sin City”).

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Ravens celebrate with 200,000 fans

By Jeanne Naujeck
Associated Press

BALTIMORE — Ray Lewis danced on stage with the Super Bowl trophy on a cold and rainy day that was simply beautiful for a crowd of about 200,000 Baltimore Ravens fans.

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Fresh mind, Fresh Start, Freshman
Freshman Jared Mapes graduated from high school less than a year ago, and he already has his own business.

By Brandon Ortiz
Skiff Staff

Something funny happened to Jared Mapes on the way to Starbucks Coffee one day.
The freshman advertising/public relations major was on his way to study and enjoy a cup of caramel macchiato early last semester when a man came up to him and said, “There is free food at Chipotle.”

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