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Reporters are sometimes asked to share their opinions, but a student reporter may be on the hook for giving his. Brian Smith, a senior broadcast journalism major, was told this week that he is no longer allowed to use camera equipment owned by the MountainWest Sports Network to appear on the channel after he made what the university's Athletics Media Relations department considered to be a critical comment about Frogs' starting quarterback Andy Dalton on the network. (7) comments
The RealWorld advertising agency will officially close its doors at the end of this month after a final attempt was made to raise money to keep the organization open, the director of the program said. Director Claudia Butts said there was an overwhelming amount of support from the community and the programs' beneficiaries, but none of them were capable of contributing the $100,000 needed to keep the operation going, Butts said. (1) comment
Members of the veterans' committee discussed forming groups designed to address specific issues facing student veterans at the committee's first meeting Tuesday. Forrest Lane, director of student organizations and facilitator of the veterans' committee, said the purpose of the meeting was to funnel the 26 members into focus groups to address the issues facing veterans on campus, including the complexity of veteran benefits, housing requirements, how to identify veterans from the general population and training faculty and staff to better understand issues with veterans in the academia. (0) comments
Women on campus will be able to buy cookies, brownies and other bakery items for 75 cents, while men will have to pay $1 if they want a bite at a campus bake sale, a member of the TCU Women's Network said. Megan O'Brien, president of the TCU Women's Network and senior art history major, said the Women's Network and Women's Studies Program will be hosting a bake sale to illustrate the gap between women's and men's wages on Thursday. (5) comments
Brite Divinity School's new Episcopal Studies Program will be geared toward those who are seeking ordination from the national Episcopal Church, which leans toward ordination of women and acceptance of gays, said the Rev. Fred Barber, acting director of the Episcopal Studies Program. (6) comments
Dining Services is developing a value menu that it hopes will attract more students to on-campus eateries, a Dining Services official said. The 1873 Café & Sports Grill will be the only location offering the new value menu, said Legia Abato, marketing manager of Dining Services. (0) comments
It won't be Friday and there won't any be cold beer, but the Zac Brown Band will be singing about it. To celebrate the end of the semester, the Programming Council arranged for the popular country music group to put on a free concert for students, said Kennedy Stewart, Programming Council chair and sophomore advertising/public relations major. (0) comments
Drilling for Chesapeake Energy Corporation's master development plan could begin sometime before the end of the calendar year, a university official said in an e-mail. Brian Gutierrez, vice chancellor for finance and administration, wrote in an e-mail that the university views the plan as a positive agreement between campus, Chesapeake and the community. (0) comments
Mary Patton, interim dean for the College of Education, will become the college's official dean in the fall. Patton ,who was appointed as official dean last week, said her duties as interim dean have included program development, curriculum development, budgeting and fundraising. (1) comment
A growing project aims to develop an appreciation and understanding of the natural world located on campus. The Arboretum project, led by Provost Nowell Donovan, will begin this summer in an effort to learn more about and recognize some of the types of trees on campus, Donovan said. (1) comment
Poor communication and non-classroom skills continue to hurt new college graduates in the workplace, a university official was told by local business leaders. Bill Moncrief, senior associate dean of undergraduate studies at the Neeley School of Business, conducted a focus group with 10 Dallas-Fort Worth business executives to discuss what college graduates are lacking upon entering the workforce. (3) comments
The Traffic and Parking Appeals committee decided last week that, on North Drive, in front of Scharbauer Hall, the university will offer four special parking spaces for faculty and staff who drive environmentally friendly vehicles, TCU Police Chief Steve McGee said. (2) comments
Pond Street Grill, a university dining facility that closed last semester, will not be re-opening as a dining facility next semester because poor business is predicted to continue, a university official said. Director of Residential Services Craig Allen said the location was re-opened on April 1 as a study space. (2) comments
One in three sexually active people will have contracted a sexually transmitted disease by age 24, according to a new campaign for STD awareness. MTV is pairing with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to create It's Your (Sex) Life, a program that will increase awareness and encourage young adults to get tested. (3) comments
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