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Gerry
Leonard, of Arlington, waits for Tanya Karyagina, a piano performance
major, to finish playing before entering Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium.
Karyagina played Wednesday as part of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition.
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Today
in history
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In 1819, Florida
Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John
Quincy Adams signed the Florida Purchase Treaty, in which Spain agreed
to cede the remainder of its old province of Florida to the United
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UCC
closes two bordering lots
Area
reserved for competition; some students frustrated by loss of spaces
By John Weyand
Staff Reporter
Students may
find themselves yelling even more at the car in front of them, fighting
even harder for a parking spot and leaving for class even a little
bit earlier because they will no longer be able to park at the University
Christian Church.
Since the beginning of the month, parking has decreased substantially
in two lots bordering UCC. A chain-link fence now divides one of
the lots, reserving those parking spaces for members of UCC. The
other lot is temporarily closed this week for the Van Cliburn Piano
Competition.
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story)
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Additional
faculty a priority for university
School
committed to more research, graduate programs
By Jillanne
Johnson
Staff Reporter
Adding faculty
is key to raising TCUs level of research while maintaining
the universitys commitment to teaching, said Bill Moncrief,
senior associate dean of the M.J. Neeley School of Business.
Moncrief said TCU has always been a strong teaching university,
but he said increasing research is necessary. He said more faculty
allows the university to have research faculty while still teaching
classes.
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story)
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Cultivating
communication
Corporate
workshop to teach better interaction, networking
By Julie Ann
Matonis
Staff Reporter
A two-day workshop
will be held in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center to help
professionals and students strengthen their abilities to interact
in the business environment.
The Center for Professional Communication at the M. J. Neeley School
of Business is presenting its fourth annual Corporate Communication
Workshop today and Friday.
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story)
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High
costs keep students at home
More
students qualify for college, cant afford tuition, panel says
By Greg Toppo
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
More low-income students are qualifying for college these days,
but rising costs, inadequate grants and a shift from need-based
financial aid programs are keeping them out, a congressional advisory
panel said Wednesday.
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, which oversees
financial aid programs, said increasing numbers of low-income students
are graduating from high school academically prepared to enter college,
but facing a system that is focused on middle-class students.
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story)
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Tis
the season for sneezin
Students
visiting Health Center, specialists
to cope with flaring seasonal allergies
By Chrissy Braden
Staff Reporter
As students
renew memberships to tanning salons and gyms to get their bodies
in top condition for Spring Break, they are also visiting the Health
Center and local allergists to ease their suffering from spring
allergies.
Cedar and elm pollen levels are in the high to medium range this
week, which can affect most people who suffer from seasonal pollen
types, according to the Allergy Alert Web site (www.pollen.com).
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story)
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Editorial |
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Setting
priorities
Professors
shouldnt focus on research
Out of 385 professors
at TCU, 236 are considered to be tenured.
Hiring more faculty would allow professors to stay fresh and more
involved in their research, some professors say. More research would
then entail possible publications, which is a way of considering
a professor for a tenure position.
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story)
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Credit
card companies soliciting debt
College
students need to beware what a card-holding status could truly mean
By Kristin Delorantis
Skiff Editorial Writer
Last week, USA
Today reported that the average college undergraduate has more than
$2,000 of credit card debt. For anyone who spends more than a couple
hours a week on a college campus, this statistic isnt very
startling.
College is the time of transition for teen-agers from dependent
high school students into responsible adults. Credit cards require
responsibility and many students believe they are mature enough
to possess the plastic money. Debt, however, provides them with
a rude awakening.
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story)
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Professors
deserve great respect
Teachers
have own personalities, own life outside university setting
By Jack Bullion
Skiff Editorial Writer
Its mid-February,
and if youre not totally stressed out by now, youre
probably either saying one of two things:
Im a freshman! (Dont worry, your time is
coming.) or What do you mean, second semester?
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story)
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Bushs
plan doesnt help working class
By Sarah Turner
Skiff Editorial Writer
During the 2000
Presidential Campaign, George W. Bush accused his opponent Al Gore
of using class warfare politics to discredit his tax-cut
plan. Rather than assuage the fear that he would sell Americas
working families down the river to further the interests of the
super rich, Bush instead made those fears a reality by assaulting
the rights of organized labor under new executive orders quietly
passed last Saturday.
Bushs executive orders included repealing regulations that
denied federal contracts to companies that break pollution and labor
laws and removed a federal provision that rewarded federal contracts
only to businesses cooperative with labor unionization. Bush effectively
closed off government employment for organized workers with collectively
bargained contracts, while opening the door to law-breaking corporations.
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story)
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Sports |
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Frogs
lose to Miners
Team
remains atop WAC; Porter scores 21
skiff staff
Texas El-Pasos
Heidi Walker scored 22 points as the Miners defeated the Frogs,
79-76, Wednesday night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso.
TCU battled back from a 19-point deficit with 9:35 remaining, but
the Frogs couldnt complete the comeback as shots by freshman
forward Tiffany Evans and senior guard Amy Porter missed in the
waning six seconds.
Im proud of the last 10 minutes, but by the looks of
it, Im disappointed in the first 30 minutes, head coach
Jeff Mittie said on KTCU, 88.7-FM. Were a good basketball
team, but this is evidence that we werent ready to play.
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story)
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Opinion
College players should not be paid to play ball
by Jordan Blum
To cope with
the poor quality of play and rapidly dwindling profit margins, NBA
Commissioner David Stern said top college basketball prospects should
be paid a yearly sum to persuade them to stay in school. This is
wrong on so many different levels.
With too many teams, too few marquee players, too little depth and
too many young players with no polish, its painfully obvious
that something needs to be done with the NBA.
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story)
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Features |
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Caravan
of Dreams
by Victor Drabicky
When rumors
that Caravan of Dreams was shutting its doors surfaced a few years
back, local musical acts were outraged.
Caravan of Dreams was the premier, and maybe only, music venue in
Tarrant County that seemed to have any self respect. The atmosphere
was always good, the facilities were always clean and the business
was always professionally handled.
So why would it close?
With nobody giving reason for the closing, local artists packed
the room for its last few days of life, each vying for the crucial
last night on stage. Somehow, amid of all the scrambling for the
shows, the closing date came and went, and the rumors of the closing
disappeared.
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story)
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The
Morning People
Review
by Jack Bullion
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