First family invites Frogs
By Meghan Youker
Staff Reporter

Chancellor Victor Boschini and his family have invited the Class of 2007 to watch Saturday’s football game with them in 1,514 reserved seats on the 50-yard-line of Amon Carter Stadium.

Students can meet Boschini, his wife, Megan and children, Elizabeth, 16; Mary Catherine, 14; Margaret, 7; and Edward, 7, at 5 p.m. Saturday at Frog Fountain, before continuing on to the stadium. Boschini said he and his family are happy to be involved in any activity that brings students together and shows them that they are part of the larger TCU community.

“One of the very best aspects of the TCU experience is that students have the chance to form to lifelong bonds: the bond between student/faculty and the bond between the individual student and their classmates,” Boschini said.

Robin Williamson, member of the Class of 2007 planning committee, said Boschini and the freshman class have a lot in common because they are both new to the university.

“In a sense Boschini is in his freshman year, too,” Williamson said. “Going to the football game together is just another way of demonstrating that we are all one big community here to help encourage and support each other.”

Williamson said going to the game with Boschini is a great opportunity and a unique experience that does not happen at every university.

Boschini said he hopes to make the game event a tradition to ease the college transition for freshmen.

“After the first few weeks homesickness starts setting in and people start second-guessing their decision,” Boschini said. “We want them all to feel that they are a part of the freshmen class... and it’s also a great way for me to get to know them.”

Director of Athletics Eric Hyman said that Boschini attending the first football game with the freshmen class has the potential to become a unique TCU tradition.

Rachel Vest, a freshman nutrition major, said she thinks the event is a nice gesture on the part of the chancellor.

“I think it really shows that he cares about his students and really wants to get to know us,” Vest said.