FrogPages re-launched
By Braden Howell
Staff Reporter

After an almost four-year hiatus, a Web site completely tailored to the needs of students was re-launched Wednesday, said Trent Walton, a senior computer information science major. FrogPages.com is dedicated to providing TCU students with information for almost every aspect of their lives, he said.

Walton and business majors Larry Chandler, a senior, and Michael Hennig, a freshman, are the driving force behind the re-emergence of FrogPages.com.

After talking to students, Chandler said, the team decided FrogPages.com was something the TCU community needed, and decided to bring the Web site back.

Walton was one of the founding fathers of the original FrogPages.com, but after a year and a half, he said he decided to call it quits. However, at the urging of Chandler and Hennig, Walton said he finally agreed that it was time to bring back the Web site.
The new Web site offers different sections of information they found most valuable to TCU students, including links to directories of local night life, food delivery and teacher reviews.

Teacher reviews are submitted by other students and can be located by teacher name, department or even course number. Walton said this section is the Web site’s best feature.

“The recommendations page is very useful when registering for classes, and I’ll be sure to add my thoughts on a couple of professors,” Laura Schade, a senior political science major, said.

Senior marketing major Gerad Ewing said he is happy the Web site contains so much information about life outside the TCU campus.

“It seems that at times TCU remains isolated from the Fort Worth community,” Ewing said. “This might be an excellent way of integrating the two.”

Freshman business major Jessica Morina said the Web site is particularly helpful for freshmen.

“It’s great because a lot of us freshmen don’t know what’s around the campus,” Morina said. “The food delivery is especially helpful since most of us live in (residence halls) and have to park a mile away. It’s much easier to just get food delivered.”

Chandler said he is pleased with the response from students and is excited about improving the Web site in the future. The site will be down this summer while the team restructures it to make it as efficient as possible.

Walton said the team hopes to eventually hire an outside company to make the Web site better. He said features they are adding to the site include a group study section where students will be able to post files, comments and online shopping.

The Web site is the pilot project for the Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization (CEO), a club designed to help students who want to start their own businesses.

“Students who have ideas for a business can run it past the business plan committee, and CEO will help them get started,” Walton said. “This is the first project so we’re excited to see how it goes.”

Braden Howell