Stricter GPA requirements proposed for freshman pre-business majors next semester will try to stop students from "churning up" the program, the Neeley School of Business' senior associate dean said. Pending University Council approval in November, incoming freshmen in the pre-business program next fall will be required to maintain at least a... (0) comments
Music, food and culture - these are what the media like to report about Cuba, things one Cuban man says do not mean a thing to Cuban exiles. But his attempt to educate TCU students about this fell short.
Erasmo Pinero Jr. views Cuba as a hell that he was fortunate enough to escape 33 years ago, a place where books were rewritten and freedoms were squashed.
Pounding his fists loudly on the table, Pinero Jr., 47, said the real Cuba is ignored in this country.
"Media do not like to touch Cuba because it might erase the idealistic image that they have," Pinero Jr. said. "They see it as a socialistic paradise, and it is not. It is a total hell for people living there."
Pinero Jr. planned to draw from his experiences of growing up under communism for a course he was to teach through the Office of Extended Education.
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The rain came down and the sun came up and roommates exited the building two by two. A broken sprinkler head caused flooding in Samuelson Hall on Monday, said Richard Oliver, assistant director of facilities. Oliver said a resident's visitor hung his clothes on a coat hanger from the sprinkler hanging from the bathroom ceiling... (0) comments
There is a new addition to the Fort Worth Zoo for Halloween that isn't animal or human. Several art and design students showed off their tricks of the trade last week in a colorful pumpkin patch lighting display for the zoo's annual Halloween event, Boo at the Zoo. (0) comments
The Student Government Association's House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to allocate money toward the creation of a challenge course. Perry Cunningham, Neeley School of Business representative, and Chad Dresser, Student Body representative, said they wrote the bill after delegates from the University Recreation Center approached the Campus Advancement Committee about the possibility of a new challenge course... (0) comments
Double, double, toil and trouble, and the provost? Halloween night, Theatre TCU will present its third annual performance of "Bard on the Rocks," a scene from Shakespeare's "MacBeth." This year, there is a twist. Provost Nowell Donovan will be playing the role of MacBeth... (0) comments
Two anonymous phone calls made to Alpha Kappa Alpha's corporate office are to blame for the sorority's suspension this semester and one of those calls may be a fake, said AKA's regional adviser. In April, one caller identified herself as a student and pledge of the sorority's TCU chapter, and another identified himself or herself as the parent of a hazed student... (1) comment
You don't need to be a Wall Street investor to make money in the stock market. In fact, you could just be a TCU student. Members of the student-run Educational Investment Fund at TCU have historically outperformed or performed with the stock market, said Andrew Angelico, chief administrator of the fund... (0) comments
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