Frog of the Week: Tom Casey
By David Reese
Skiff Staff

Tom Casey is definitely a Frog to watch in the near future. Casey came to TCU after being born and raised in Skokie, Ill.

In high school, Casey, a freshman political science major, participated in numerous activities including varsity swim team, student government president and newspaper editor.

As college neared, Casey applied to six universities. He said there were a number of factors in his decision to attend TCU. He said the size of the university, cost, atmosphere and weather were the reasons.

Casey said he was able to get a clear picture of the TCU community before attending because his older sister, Colleen, a junior news-editorial journalism and education major.

Although Casey has only been on-campus for a semester and a half, he has already started his college career strongly.

Casey was elected the permanent improvements chairperson in the House of Student Representatives during the middle of the fall semester and was re-elected for this semester.

He said he has also participated in the Up ‘Til Dawn program, Family Weekend activities and the academic advising task force.

Casey has also recently become an pledge with the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. With all his extracurricular activities, Casey is still maintains a strong grade point average. He is a member of the honors program and recently made the Dean’s List for the first time.

Casey lives in Clark Residence Hall and he plans to continue to live on-campus for at least another year.

As for his future, Casey plans on taking a leadership role on-campus in one of his many organizations.

“I’ll probably have to give one (organization) up, if I plan to take a large leadership role in one of them,” Casey said.

David Reese