Today in history

In 1936, the German press warned that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections would be arrested.

Change of schedule

TCU and Nebraska announced Thursday a deal to open the 2001 season in the Pigskin Classic.

Who: TCU Horned Frog
Football vs. Nebraska

What: The 2001 Pigskin Classic

When: 1 p.m., Aug. 25

Where: Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.

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Football team to face Nebraska in Pigskin Classic in 2001
Decision comes three years after former coach Dennis Franchione pulled the 1-10 Frogs from the series

Skiff Staff

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announced Thursday that the details of the Pigskin Classic between TCU and Nebraska had been worked out and the game will be played at 1 p.m. Aug. 25 at Memorial Stadium.
TCU Athletics Director Eric Hyman was unavailable for comment, and Associate Athletics Director Jack Hesselbrock is away with a family emergency.

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SGA may raise fees to cover budget
40K in wrong account

By Jonathan Sampson
Staff Reporter

The Student Government Association is considering increasing student fees by $5 a semester after about $40,000 of yearbook money was incorrectly directed into SGA’s budget in fall 1999. This made the budget appear larger than it actually was, said SGA Adviser Larry Markley.
Student fees are currently $20 a semester.

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Don’t rain on my parade
A photo essay

Photos by David Dunai
Skiff Staff

Fort Worth police investigate a wreck near Worth Hills.

William Hendricks, a retired Brite Divinity School professor, slipped on wet tile outside Reed Hall Thursday and broke his hip, said TCU Police officer John Carter.

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Sorority members go above, beyond the call of duty
Despite difficulty in completing mandatory service hours, women earned $77,557 for charities last year

By Sarah McClellan
Skiff Staff

TCU sorority members raised $77,557 for their philanthropies and completed 15,417 hours of community service last year, according to the Service Census 2000.
But sometimes sorority members find it difficult to complete their mandatory service hours.

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Flat rate causes some concerns
Opinions of tuition differ

By Carrie Woodall
Staff Reporter

The $7,500 flat-rate tuition for incoming students is based on 15 credit hours a semester and includes an increased university fee of $750, Chancellor Michael Ferrari said.
Ferrari also said credit hours would be raised to $420 an hour for returning students, excluding MBA and EMBA students.

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Changing Church
Updates to accommodate for growth

By LaNasha Houze
Staff Reporter

Classroom construction and the pledge drive are well underway for the ever-growing University Christian Church, said Jerri Robbins, director of communications for UCC.
Robbins said the church is currently so tightly squeezed that everyone cannot join a class.

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War on Patient
Revision of marijuana laws needed

Everyday law enforcement officers fight a battle with people in their own communities. Everyday the U.S. government wages a war on its citizens. Everyday people are arrested for the possession of drugs.
Everyday many of these same people, these U.S. citizens, live with a sickness that puts them in large amounts of pain. Everyday they live with a disease that slowly kills them. In some cases, marijuana can be issued to patients to help ease the suffering they endure. But it’s not always that simple.

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Child’s learning begins at home
Poor parenting may be the cause of the recent school shootings

By Kristin Delorantis
Skiff Staff

A school shooting occurred Monday near San Diego, Calif. It was another in a series of adolescent terrors popping up across America.
Where does this type of activity originate? There is a vast amount of controversy concerning the answer if there even is an accurate solution. It is a strong possibility that this delinquent behavior begins in the home.

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New administration getting the job done
Bush lives good life promoting policies to friendly states, visiting Mexican leader

By Brian Wesley Portugal
Skiff Staff

The new administration in Washington, D.C., is doing well, as maybe you’ve noticed. Even if you haven’t paid much attention to policy, there are clear signs the president’s honeymoon lingers.
Take the whole shooting affair outside the

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Frogs ousted by Hawaii

Skiff Staff

Hawaii’s Predrag Savovic scored 24 points as the Rainbow Warriors’ men’s basketball team defeated TCU, 99-79, in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament Thursday.
“In fairness to TCU, it lost two players,” said Hawaii head coach Riley Wallace on KTCU 88.7-FM. Wallace was referring to the effects of TCU’s dismissal of seniors Myron Anthony and Greedy Daniels. “When that happens, the starters have to play longer. They appeared to be sucking some air at the end.”

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Quietly Leading
Women’s golfer growing up quickly in first season as Horned Frog

By John Weyand
Staff Reporter

A young, prodigious golfer named Wood shot a 64 in a club championship, shot two holes-in-one and had the chance to play in a professional tournament all before she got to college.
That’s right, she. And it’s not Woods, it’s Wood.

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Not so boring after all

By Mark Lewis
Skiff Staff

Dull. Unexciting. Uninteresting. Ho-hum. Boring. Boring, Ore., is a place with a name that seals its stereotypical destiny. However, this small town in the Portland metropolitan area has its own character and charm, as Peter Eidenberg, a sophomore business management major, often describes.

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“Certainly, Boring, Ore., is a place with a name that seals its stereotypical destiny. However, this small town in the Portland
metropolitan area has its own character and charm,”
-Peter Eidenberg said about his hometown in Oregon.

Buda in Texas?

By Laura McFarland
Skiff Staff

When she left her small hometown of Buda, Renee Esparza had no wish to return for any reason except to visit her parents. Now, the junior interior design major wishes she could leave TCU just as far behind as she left Buda.
In recent years, a number of developers have come to the small town, located 17 miles from downtown Austin. New developments in the area include three new subdivisions and a couple of food processing plants. Most of the citizens who live in Buda drive to work in Austin every day.

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Issues

Into the mainstream
A battle waged for decades, the legalization of marijuana has recently reappeared on state legislative agendas across the nation.

By Alisha Brown
Staff Reporter

The medicinal use of marijuana in Texas may soon stand up to the judicial gavel if a bill proposed by representative Terry Keel gains approval.
The bill was introduced Feb. 27 to the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee of the Texas House of Representatives to allow offenders to use the defense that possessing the illegal drug was recommended by their physician.

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Restricting marijuana: A Bill of Rights violation?

By Ram Luthra
Staff Reporter

The argument to legalize drugs, especially marijuana, has taken a new, constitutionally-based form on the TCU campus, Michael Katovich, professor of sociology, said.
Katovich makes the argument using the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment prohibits people from enduring cruel and unusual punishment. He said people can translate the amendment to show pain as a form of cruelty because they cannot receive treatment offered from the illegal drugs.

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