University bandwidth increased for third year
Napster may re-open to students as it moves towards charging a fee

By Julie Ann Matonis
Staff Reporter

As Napster moves towards charging a monthly subscription fee, the legal questions that caused concern over use of the site at TCU may be answered, said Bill Senter, technical services manager for Information Services.
Allowing students to use Napster again is not out of the realm of possibility, he said. “If it becomes a subscription service, so the copyright issues were maintained and preserved, then I suspect the university would consider seriously unblocking Napster,” Senter said.

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Giving a helping hand
SAICA to hold charity luncheon to raise funds for earthquake victims

By Maliha Suleman
Staff Reporter

Students for Asian-Indian Cultural Awareness are raising funds for the victims of India’s earthquake from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and throughout February in the Student Center through the sale of tickets for “Experience India.”
SAICA will also host “Experience India,” a charity luncheon showcasing Indian culture, on March 3. Ticket sales from the show will benefit the Indian Earthquake Relief fund.

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Financial Aid office seeks its own aid
Increasing work load boosts need for help

By Carrie Woodall
Staff Reporter

The staff of the Office of Scholarships and Student Financial Aid is receiving no additional help though enrollment, financial aid programs and increased federal regulations are making them work harder, said Michael Scott, director of scholarships and financial aid.
The financial aid office receives about 6,000 applications each year, including those from incoming and returning students, Scott said. This high number is what gives the financial aid office such a high work load, he said.

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Graduating seniors make their mark on campus
Brick sales help students to show appreciation, some say

By Jessica Cervantez
Staff Reporter

Goals of the Senior Appreciation Program are to preserve memories of graduating seniors and to begin alumni support, but they are having a difficult time attracting students, said Karen Nichols, an administrative assistant in the annual fund office.
The program allows graduating seniors in the fiscal year of 2001 who want to leave a permanent mark to purchase bricks for $50.

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Black History Month begins with NPHC activities
Black Greek community determined to break stereotype of its organization

By LaNasha Houze
Staff Reporter

National Pan-Hellenic Council will hold its first week of events Feb. 5-10 in celebration of African-American history and in support of TCU’s mission to encourage students to embrace diverse cultural and racial backgrounds.
Artist Thornton, adviser for NPHC and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, said the week’s events will expose the TCU community to another aspect of the black Greek community.

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Six escape from Ala. prison
Escapees use broom handle to slip under electric fence

By Jay Reeves
Associated Press

ST. CLAIR SPRINGS, Ala. — Six convicts, including three murderers, escaped from a maximum-security prison by using a broom handle to slip under a 5,000-volt electric fence.
Tracking dogs and scores of law officers searched the woods Wednesday for the men. Three of them were serving life sentences without parole, and a fourth had broken out of the prison before.

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Restoring MP3s
TCU should lift its ban on Napster

Information Serviceshas doubled the campus’ Internet capacity for the third straight year by increasing the bandwidth that was so instrumental in last year’s decision to ban the use of the popular MP3 Web site, (Napster.com), on campus.
Bandwidth determines the number and size of files the university’s network can handle at any given time.
William Senter, technical services manager, said that although Napster was definitely a bandwidth problem last year, focus has now turned to the legal problems Napster has faced.

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Fundraising drive falling short

It’s not often that parents of TCU students receive correspondence from the university without a bill attached to it, but when they do, most eagerly open their mail hoping to find out a little bit more about the mysterious place their children call college.
Usually, it is an announcement, possibly a newsletter or maybe, as many parents recently received, an invitation to a dinner featuring the one and only, Chancellor Michael Ferrari as he treks to six major cities across the United States.

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Super Bowl is nothing but pure hype

Redemption. Self-obsession. Delusions of grandeur. Sound bites. Revenge. Pageantry. Heroes. Villains. Grown men referring to themselves in the third person. And hovering over everything like a pungent odor from a cesspool, that inescapable, uniquely modern invention called Hype.
Must be the Super Bowl.
The greatest spectacle in American sport offered us all this and more. And hey — there was even a football game.

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Normal spending will help avoid recession

Remember in “It’s A Wonderful Life” when everyone ran to the bank to pull out their money so they could save it? DaimlerChrysler announced Monday it was slashing 26,000 jobs in the United States. Then Amazon.com announced Tuesday it was cutting 1,300 jobs, or 15 percent of its work force.

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Letters to the Editor

Achilles tendon injury sidelines Carril indefinitely

By Ram Luthra
Staff Reporter

The nation’s No. 7-ranked TCU men’s tennis team won’t have any players participating in the Rolex National Indoor Championships in Dallas today through Sunday.
Senior Esteban Carril, ranked No. 20 nationally, removed his name from the singles main draw Tuesday because of an Achilles tendon injury.

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Tulsa victory not out of reach
Men’s team needs to play ‘TCU basketball,’ players say

By Matt Stiver
Skiff Staff

The last time a TCU men’s basketball team beat Tulsa, a TCU player finished with the single-season steals record and the Frogs obtained a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Junior guard Greedy Daniels has already broken Mike Jones’ steals record. Now, the Frogs just have to beat Tulsa, and the latter challenge remains within the Frogs’ sights.

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Pierce reaffirms commitment, joins list of 14 recruits

By Chad Carey
Skiff Staff

With national signing day less than a week away, the TCU football program received perhaps its most elite commitment of the 2001 recruiting season late Tuesday night, according to wire reports.
Weatherford Senior High School running back Mark Pierce, who originally committed to the Frogs back in August, reaffirmed his commitment to TCU after strongly considering Arkansas.

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Going Local

By Victor Drabicky
Senior Sports Editor

Recipe for the Aardvark:
Mix one part of poor sound with two parts deplorable bathrooms.
Add a variety of local, sub-par bands with just a touch of talent.
Put them all together one block from TCU and voila!
For years, the Aardvark has been using its proximity to TCU to milk the campus for all it is worth. If the Aardvark was in any other city, it may well have been bankrupt years ago.

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“12 Songs Live”
review

By Jack Bullion
Skiff Staff

“12 Songs Live,” the new album by Dallas/Fort Worth area stalwarts Brad Thompson and his Undulating Band, acts as the perfect remedy for those that might have missed the band’s performance last Friday night at the Caravan of Dreams.

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