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Today
in history
1973 Ñ Priscilla
Presley was divorced from Elvis in Santa Monica, Calif. Ms. Presley
got $1.5 million in cash and $4,200 per month in alimony.
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Tuesday,
October 9, 2001 |
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Committee
to review new core proposal
Changes emphasize upper division writing skills
By Jacque Petersell
Staff Reporter
The University Core Curriculum redesign committee will review a
proposal this month to place more emphasis on writing skills in
upper division courses within each major.
Committee Chairman Richard Enos said he hopes the university will
hire a person with comprehensive writing skills and knowledge of
several areas of study to coordinate upper level writing emphasis
classes across each discipline.
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story
College Briefs
Calif. Senator nixes
proposed visa bill
Gay
student group welcomes protesters
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Major
testing
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Heather
Christie/SKIFF STAFF
Tim
Barth, a psychology professor, and Nick Harrel, a senior
neuro-science major, demonstrate a psychologist treating
an insane patient at the Major/Minor Fair in the Student
Center Monday.
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Military
recruiting numbers up
Local Armed Forces officials say training policies
will not change
By James Zwilling
Staff reporter
Armed
Forces recruiters across the nation have seen an increase in Americans
signing up to fight since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America,
local officials said.
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Whooping
cough cases increase in Texas; no reports at TCU
By Aaron Chimbel
Staff Reporter
Cases of whooping cough have dramatically increased in the Rio Grande
Valley this year, with 42 confirmed cases compared to 24 in all
of 2000, according to Texas Department of Health statistics. Statewide
there have been 285 cases reported since January with 10 of those
in Fort Worth.
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Science
and Technology |
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Nulled
Napster
Napster will be remembered for what it started,
but people are looking elsewhere to download MP3s
By
Jeff Dennis
Skiff Staff
Napster hasn’t been useful for obtaining MP3s for some time
now, and Internet users aren’t sitting around hoping for its
miraculous return. Instead, they’ve moved on to other Inernet-based
programs to obtain their tunes.
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XM
and Sirius to compete for
satellite radio empire
By Victor Drabicky
Skiff Staff
When a new technological advance first becomes readily available
to consumers, it usually hits with fierce competition between two
almost identical products offered by two very different companies
ending with one in bankruptcy and the other with a pile of cash
and worldwide recognition.
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