Ruth Lopez, sophomore radio-TV-film major, is a first-generation college student. Her parents never made it past high school. That is the case for the majority of the growing Hispanic population enrolled in universities, said Ray Brown, dean of admissions. (0) comments
Many college football fans across the country screamed for change during the bowl season. The Mountain West Conference answered and will direct the battle against the current Bowl Championship Series system. The conference presented an eight-team playoff proposal to the BCS, said Javan Hedlund, associate commissioner for communications of the Mountain West Conference. (0) comments
Every day Jeff Ferrell packs up his things, gets on his bike, and takes an hour-long route home, rummaging through about 50 dumpsters on the way. "These shoes I just found recently, which are like $200," he said as he pointed to the brown leather shoes on his feet. (0) comments
A national study is predicting college enrollments to drop, but the university isn't necessarily worried. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education released a study in 2008 detailing how changing demographics may curtail the success universities have had recruiting students during the past decade. (2) comments
After nearly three hours of debate over the course of two meetings, the Student Government Association House of Student Representatives passed a bill that would require students running for office to pay a $100 deposit to cover election violation fines. Joey Parr, chair of the Elections and Regulations Committee, said the bill was written in order to provide greater accountability among students running for office. (0) comments
The Office of Admissions invited prospective Hispanic students to campus this week as it began a new program called the Hispanic Senior Experience. The two-day program was open to all high school students who identified themselves as Hispanic on their applications. (1) comment
Aspiring law students and Constitution aficionados can try out to compete in a mock Supreme Court with the university's new moot court. Donald Jackson, professor of political science and coach of the moot court team wrote in an e-mail that applicants will be given a practice case and asked to construct an effective five-minute argument. (0) comments
Lonta Hobbs, a former Horned Frog running back from the class of 2006, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for delivery of cocaine. Red River County District Attorney Val Varley said Hobbs was recorded on camera making a drug deal with a confidential police informant and was arrested in March 2008. (0) comments
Students in a communication studies class are working to raise money to donate to a local shelter for the upkeep of abandoned animals. Diane Stamper, an adjunct faculty member in the department of communication studies, said that as a part of her class, six students formed a group named Prestige Worldwide and began formulating ideas to finance the upkeep of a Bengal tiger named Hamilton. (0) comments
A summer study abroad program in London has been cancelled, the latest in a string of eight terminated programs scheduled for this summer, a university official said. "The History of the Industrial Revolution in London," a summer study abroad course, is one of the programs that has recently been cancelled due to low enrollment, said Jane Kucko, director for the Center for International Studies. (1) comment
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