A study abroad program that will include field trips, hiking to waterfalls, traveling to historic sites and studying at a West African university is in the works, a university professor said. Komla Aggor, professor of Spanish and program director of the trip, said he knew when he came to the university two years ago that he wanted to establish a study abroad program in Ghana to expose students to culture that are often misunderstood or misrepresented. (0) comments
The anonymous college gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com, which stirred controvery at campuses across the country, shut down Thursday after a year and a half of operation, according to a press release from the company's founder. Matt Ivester, founder of JuicyCampus, wrote in the release Wednesday that the Web site's "exponential growth outpaced our ability to muster the resources needed to survive this economic downturn, and as a result, we are closing down the site as of Feb. (0) comments
Business students competed in a case study involving ways to improve coffee conglomorate Starbucks as part of the Neeley School of Business' Leadership Week. Greg Hamre, competition participant and junior finance major, said each group was required to come into the competition as if they were a consulting team for Starbucks. (4) comments
A program connecting students with disabilities to federal sector employers nationwide will come to campus for the first time Friday, a career services official said. Kimshi Hickman, associate director of employer relations for Career Services, said a representative for The Workforce Recruitment Program will interview students with learning, mental and physical disabilities who want to enter the federal workforce. (0) comments
A radio-TV-film alumnus will share with students his experience editing movie trailers, as well as the transition from college to entering the entertainment industry. Chris St. Pierre will be speaking at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Moudy South 164. St. Pierre said he works for MOJO, a post-production advertising company that edits trailers for movies such as "Watchmen," "Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," the "Harry Potter" movie series, "300" and "I am Legend. (0) comments
The doctor is in. The love doctor, that is. David Coleman, otherwise known as "The Dating Doctor," said he will give students advice Sunday in the Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom for a sure-fire way not to screw up Valentine's Day. He said the reason Valentine's Day appears in red on most calendars is not to symbolize romance or love. (1) comment
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
Q: Do you think the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will pass through the Senate unchanged and reconcile the House version and will President Barack Obama have the bill signed by Presidents Day, as was his goal?
A: It's feasible...
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Mary Evelyn Tucker of Yale University had no problem reconciling science and religion, and as people continue to better understand science, she said, their idea of the divine will be enlarged. Tucker, a senior lecturer and research scholar at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, spoke Wednesday night to an almost-full Ed Landreth Hall, as a guest of the Brite Divinity School. (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
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
Mary Evelyn Tucker is one of the most outstanding theologians and environmentalists in the United States and her reputation is what drew Brite Divinity School to get her here, a university professor said. Toni Craven, professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite, said Tucker will speak at the lecture titled, "Reconnecting Humans to Earth Community: Imaging a New Way into the Future," a part of the school's Roman Catholic Lectureship series. (0) comments
The student body president vetoed a controversial bill Tuesday that would remove the runoff system from Student Government Association elections. The bill, which passed in the House of Student Representatives with minimal objection, lacked the specificity needed to prevent future Judicial Board hearings during election season, she said. (0) comments
Nicholas Jackson, a sophomore English major, said he maintains a part-time job to pay for his phone bill, car insurance and to get a little spending money, but often feels overwhelmed by the joint responsibility. "I find it harder to find energy to commit to hours of studying," Jackson said. (24) comments
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