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‘Wheel of Fortune’ to hold auditions Tuesday
Five applicants to be selected at random for March shows

Skiff Staff

Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to audition for ABC’s popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” Tuesday in the Student Center Ballroom.
Auditions will be held at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Five applicants will be selected at random for each audition time. Following each of the three “mini shows” a new pool of contestants will be drawn.

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Democrats criticize Rich pardon
Justice Department surprised to learn man was a fugitive

By Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Members of former President Bill Clinton’s own party openly criticized his pardon of financier Marc Rich amid new testimony Wednesday that the White House initially failed to tell the Justice Department pardon attorney that Rich was a fugitive.
“The pardoning of fugitives stands our criminal justice system on its head,” Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

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New e-mail proposal drafted
Plan is to use account for all university business

By Carrie Woodall
Staff Reporter

Although most university offices use campus e-mail accounts to communicate with students, Mike Russel, associate dean of Campus Life, is drafting a proposal which would make it an official method of communication for university business. “A general hesitancy of sending something via e-mail and not knowing if a student will receive the information, caused the need for e-mail to be an official communication tool,” he said.Mike Scott, director of scholarships and student financial aid, said e-mail isn’t reliable now because its use is not consistent around the university.

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SuperFrog celebrates 21st birthday
Annual event includes Casino Night, giveaways

By Jonathan Sampson
Staff Reporter

Programming Council is celebrating SuperFrog’s 8th annual 21st birthday party at 8 p.m. today in the Student Center Ballroom, but as of Wednesday, many students were still unaware of the event.
SuperFrog has been the official university mascot for more than 20 years, but T.J. Ammons, PC Special Events Committee chairman, said it’s always been tradition to celebrate his age as 21.

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University seeks religious diversity
Different faith organizations spring up on campus giving students choices

By Bethany McCormack
Staff Reporter

The university wants the school to be as diverse as possible, said University Minister John Butler.He said University Ministries encourages the practice of religious diversity even though the majority of students at TCU identify themselves as Christian.
Tahira Hussain, a sophomore political science and economics major, said although she is Muslim, she was not worried religion would be an issue when she chose to come to TCU. She said she was surprised to find how little most students knew about her religion when she first started here.

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You’ve got mail
Failure to read e-mail is inexcusable

Over the past few semesters, TCU has toyed with the notion of making e-mail an official university communication tool.
This means all correspondence with students, staff and faculty will be transmitted electronically, an idea that has had growing support over the last couple of years.
The only thing standing in the way of the university is the 74 percent of the student population who has checked their university accounts only one time.

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Street closure is not a necessity
Bush needs to re-open Pennsylvania Avenue to aid traffic woes

For more than five years, an entire block of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House has been closed to through traffic. Even though President Clinton’s closing of the avenue created a traffic nightmare of sorts in the city of Washington (believe it or not, Pennsylvania Avenue is a main thoroughfare in Washington, D.C.), the street became a sort of Venice Beach from the Twilight Zone.

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Bush should practice what he preaches

I don’t understand why, but I’m absolutely drawn to George W. Bush.
While I’m not a big fan of the blood and gore of a road-side crash, I am unable to pull myself away from this Bush kid. It’s like watching Alfred E. Newman in a pod race. You know that sooner or later, something is going to happen.
It’s just a matter of whether Bush will hit a wall, a rock or just explode.

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Gore must learn to accept his past mistakes, change for future

Dear Mr. Gore,
During the election you were able to keep your image as an intellectual man, unlike George W. Bush, who wasn’t even able to list the names of leaders of prominent countries.
You also accomplished many things during your term as vice-president, something you should be very proud of. For instance, your stance on family values has given many people respect for you that they might not have had before.

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Basketball team to play Fresno State tonight
With chances of NCAA bid fading, Frogs remain confident against conference foes

By Matt Stiver
Skiff Staff
TCU men’s basketball head coach Billy Tubbs bristled at the question presented by junior guard Greedy Daniels. Judging by the way he threw open the door in front of Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Tubbs is not scared of Fresno State and its coach, Jerry Tarkanian.
“I’ve beaten Tark more than he’s beaten me,” Tubbs said.

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Football schedule needs shot at big name teams
Coming season looks to be a step up from previous small-time opponents

Throughout last week, rumors were afoot that the TCU Horned Frog football team might have a shot at playing defending National Champions Oklahoma in next season’s Hispanic Fund Football Classic, a nationally televised preseason game that can attract a good amount of exposure.
Alas, though, the honor of joining the Sooners in that game eventually went to the gridiron grunts from North Carolina, and thus TCU’s finalized 2001 schedule, released Thursday, remains conspicuously deficient of anything resembling a marquee opponent. Wasn’t that the problem last season?

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Through the Halls

In 1969, a select group of students graduated from TCU and moved on to careers as attorneys, school principals, school district administrators and even a Harvard University professor.
But it wasn’t their talent or determination alone that set these students apart from the rest.
They were black.
And as they walked the halls of the university in 1965, they were aware that TCU had only been completely integrated to black students a year earlier.
They also knew that for some reason, the first few black students who entered in 1964 did not all enjoy the school enough to stay another year.

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