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Boschini to mingle with freshmen

Chancellor Victor Boschini is still relatively new to campus, but that isn’t stopping him from diving right in.

For the first home football game on Saturday, Boschini has reserved 1,514 seats on the 50-yard line at Amon Carter Stadium and invited the entire freshman class to come and watch the game with him and his family. Bravo.

Whether 15 or 1,500 freshmen show up for the game, it is wonderful to see that he intends to make such a big effort toward meeting students.

While Boschini would eventually do well to also have events like this for upperclassmen, the fact that he is targeting freshmen for this first overture is a good idea. He and the Class of 2007 are going to be learning and getting to know TCU together for the next four years.

As Robin Williamson, a member of the Class of 2007 planning committee, pointed out, Boschini is basically in his freshman year here.

Like many freshmen, he is not from Texas, so he and his family have to acclimate themselves to a new home, new schools and a new state. And as many out-of-state students can attest to, Texas can sometimes feel like an entirely different country.

Boschini obviously wants to get involved with students. Hopefully, as long as his open attitude continues, both upperclassmen and lowerclassmen will take advantage of the opportunity to meet a man who is energetic and excited about being here at TCU.