Changes to a teaching certification program in the College of Education will give students more flexibility as they enter the workforce, an associate professor in the program said. With the new EC-6 program, certified students will be qualified to teach grade levels from early childhood to sixth grade, rather than through only the fourth grade with the former EC-4 program. (0) comments
By Alexandria Bruton Staff Reporter As the university continues working toward becoming a more eco-friendly campus, it will face some challenges, university officials said. Last spring the university signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. (0) comments
The Bank of America Foundation donated a $20,000 grant that will benefit the Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic, the chairman of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department said. Christopher Watts, chair of the department of communication sciences and disorders, said the money will be used to offset costs in providing speech and hearing therapy. (0) comments
A feminist sociologist will be speaking about the extent of her research as well as the misconceptions and stereotypes of feminism Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center . Karen Steele, the women's studies program director , said speaker Monica Casper will intertwine the responsibilities, obstacles and experiences of being a woman, mother and feminist in her speech, "Body Politics: Private Talks of a Public Feminist. (0) comments
Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday's election, students, faculty and staff have chosen Sen. John McCain as their presidential pick in a mock election held on campus Monday. The election was put on by SGA's Programming Council in order to determine "TCU's Favorite Candidate" for president and encourage people to vote. (0) comments
Growing up in a two-faith household, Margaret Foland, whose mother is a devout Catholic and father is a Southern Baptist, said the only fights she remembers growing up were over religion. The junior theatre major was raised in the Catholic Church, a faith she embraces to this day, with the exception of one little bump in the road. (9) comments
A system to publish professor evaluations supported by a Student Government Association resolution that passed two years ago faces many hurdles, an SGA official said. Candace Ruocco, SGA academic affairs committee chair, said getting relevant and objective information about professors published for students would be time consuming and require a lot of extra work. (0) comments
The Student Government Association House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday night in support of a legal studies minor. A legal studies minor would allow students to conduct research of political processes and institutions and engage in professional development along with community service. (0) comments
Both candidates for president of the Student Government Association sat down with the Skiff to talk about their platform. Kelly Barnes is a junior political science major who wants to improve student participation at sporting events, and Kelsie Johnson is a junior political science and advertising/public relations major who hopes to have all organizations come together for large tailgates during the 2009 football season. (0) comments
An armed robbery involving a member of the TCU community on the 3000 block of South Hulen St. was reported Tuesday night, according to a campuswide TCU Police e-mail. The TCU community member was robbed at gunpoint near Charleston's Restaurant on Tuesday night. (0) comments
Manochehr Dorraj is a professor of political science. Dorraj, who teaches courses in comparative politics and international relations, earned a doctorate in government at the University of Texas at Austin. Q: NBC News has just called it for Barack Obama. Have there been any recent presidential elections that have been called this early? A: Is there a problem to call it this early? Well, this looks pretty solid in the corner of Obama. (0) comments
PHOENIX - John McCain survived three airplane crashes, more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, the Keating Five political scandal and being written off as a presidential candidate in 2000 and 2008. But Tuesday night, McCain couldn't survive Barack Obama's well-oiled campaign and the tide of history, as voters elected America's first African-American president. (0) comments
WASHINGTON - A powerful new lobbying force is coming to town: Barack Obama's triumphant army of 3.1 million Internet-linked donors and volunteers. In a mass e-mail thanking them, written moments before his Grant Park victory speech, Obama put them on notice. (0) comments
Doug Fine, author of "Farewell, My Subaru," will speak to the campus community about living green, sustainability and how it dramatically changed his life at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni Center tonight. "Farewell, My Subaru" is Fine's real-life account of how everything can go wrong when an average man tries to cut oil out of his life. (0) comments
Fashion merchandising students are using their design skills in a project for a local nonprofit organization to support ongoing services for the victims of domestic violence. Students in Patti Warrington's promotion principles class are partnering with SafeHaven of Tarrant County to create window displays in the department of design, merchandising and textiles building. (0) comments
A TCU administrator was robbed Tuesday night near Charleston's Restaurant in the 3000 block of S. Hulen St., according to a Forth Worth Police report. The administrator was held at gunpoint at 6:29 p.m. Tuesday while walking to a friend's birthday dinner, according to the report. (0) comments
When history professor Jodi Campbell first read a National History Center report calling for the revamping of undergraduate and graduate history curricula in schools nationwide, she thought the history department would have to play catchup. But after reading it, she found that the department was ahead of the game. (0) comments
An event where student organizations collaborate and organize a "fair day" for underprivileged children will launch for the first time Saturday on the Campus Commons lawn, sophomore Kate Jones said. "These children are a reality that they do need help and we can help them even with having something as simple as a fair day for them," Jones said. (0) comments
WASHINGTON - Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, swept to victory by an anxious country eager to change course at home and abroad. Obama, 47, becomes the first African-American in U.S. history to win the presidency and the first from the generation that came of age after the turbulence of the 1960s. (0) comments
People can buy some strange things on the Internet. When author and New Mexico resident Doug Fine wanted to change his life to live more sustainably, he went online to search for ideas. "I bought my goats on Craig's List, and when I went to get them, I realized I did not even know if that was legal," the author of "Farewell, My Subaru" told about 50 students Thursday at the Kelly Alumni Center. (0) comments
Despite reports from GoPowercat.com that Head Coach Gary Patterson was headed to Kansas State, both TCU's and Kansas State's athletics directors have denied the allegations. The site reported Friday afternoon that multiple sources said Patterson had signed a five-year contract worth $2 million to coach in Manhattan, Kan. (0) comments
Long waiting lines were reported in voting stations across the country as Americans stormed to the polls Tuesday in what could be record numbers for the election of President Barack Obama, but traffic was slow at polling stations near campus. Helen Pierson, election judge at St. (0) comments
Residential Services is sponsoring the first diversity poster competition on campus to encourage students to visually express how they perceive diversity and what it means to them. Ashanti Williams, the hall director for Brachman, Martin Moore, and Wiggins halls, said the competition is designed to get students to visualize and think about diversity on a broader spectrum. (0) comments
TCU Police detained two men and one woman on suspicion of motor vehicle burglary Monday night, but no arrests were made, a TCU Police official said. Sgt. Alvin Allcon said TCU police stopped and searched a maroon Ford sedan after a suspected burglary in the parking lot of the Bayard H. (1) comment
Traveling and spending time outdoors led Ian Dalziel to apply to the Navy; however, after learning that a lazy eye would keep him from being enlisted, a keen curiosity for the Earth led him in another direction. Dalziel, a research professor at the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin, presented his lecture "Is There a Supercontinent Cycle in Earth History: Paleontology over the Last Billion Years" Monday night at the Sid Richardson Building. (0) comments
A new student organization on campus plans to help people in Zambia start their own business using microfinancing, or small-scale lending, by raising $5,000 by the end of next semester. The organization, TCU Opportunity, is associated with Opportunity International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping poor entrepreneurs start or expand a business. (0) comments
Most TCU students do not get the chance to study abroad in Japan. But thanks to the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance and Fort Worth Sister Cities, students can experience a piece of Japanese culture here on campus. Instructors from the Fujima Dance School in Nagaoka, Japan, will teach students at the School for Dance how to perform two traditional Japanese dances and lecture on the importance of dance in Japanese history and culture next week, said Ellen Page Shelton, chair of the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance. (0) comments
The spotlight will be on Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief on Saturday at a book signing at the TCU Barnes and Noble Bookstore. Allan Saxe, an associate professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the author of the book, "Decades of Caring: A Chronicle of the Political Life of Mike Moncrief. (0) comments
As a journalist who has worked for the Associated Press for more than 30 years, John O. Lumpkin has seen the industry change several times. In the midst of staff cuts and layoffs, Lumpkin said it is time for his industry to change its business model. Lumpkin, a candidate for the open director position of the Schieffer School of Journalism, spoke to students and faculty in the school Thursday in Moudy Building South. (0) comments
Ashleigh Cleveland and her roommate stayed up until 1:30 a.m. Wednesday working on a collage to celebrate President-elect Barack Obama's victory. It adorned their door in Foster Hall for less than 30 minutes. "I went to take a shower, and I came back a little after 2 a. (3) comments
Students at the NAACP/Delta Sigma Theta watch party danced with excitement as the election was called in favor of Democrat Barack Obama while students at the Campus Commons watch party discussed what the new president would mean for the country. Lauren Gray, a senior and president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, said those in attendance at the party in the University Recreation Center were thrilled with the results. (0) comments
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