Junior marketing and entrepreneurial management major Travis Kettle finds texting to be distracting, especially when he's studying. "The constant text messaging is taking your mind off what you're doing," he said. Yet it's so simple, it's difficult to give up. (1) comment
Tim Bludau, Emily Howard and Jeremy Shields held stable, professional jobs at successful companies. They are now students in the university's MBA program. None of the three students are victims of the economy. None of them were laid off. They just wanted to further their educations, they said. (0) comments
Film and television director Rod Hardy will visit campus Monday through Thursday next week to direct workshops for students in the university's film, television and digital media department. Hardy, a native Australian, will be the Green Chair speaker for the FTDM department this year. (0) comments
Younger siblings of students should look forward to a new event the Programming Council planned this year for Family Weekend, a Programming Council representative said. Family Weekend Student Director and junior strategic communication major McKenzie Zieser said the Programming Council's Family Weekend Committee scheduled a Future Frog Camp event designed for younger siblings of students Saturday during Family Weekend. (0) comments
Southern Methodist University fans used rye grass seeds to create an "M" shape - the trademark formation of the SMU marching band - on the Amon Carter Stadium field in 1999 and painted TCU cars with shoe polish reading, "I 'heart' SMU" in 2005. In 2007, SMU fans once again snuck onto the football field at the Amon Carter Stadium and to TCU's surprise, used weed killer to write "Pony" with a spray-painted up arrow. (0) comments
Campus radio station KTCU 88.7 The Choice, in its 45th year of operation, was honored with a proclamation from the Office of the Mayor that makes this month KTCU month. "We went for the whole enchilada, and we got it," said Janice McCall, assistant station manager for KTCU. (0) comments
The university's ROTC program has been ranked No. 12 in the nation by a Washington Monthly magazine report. The magazine evaluated a pool of 258 colleges in several categories and ranked ROTC programs "by percentage of students who serve in ROTC," according to its Web site. (0) comments
A business professor is bringing recognition to the university through his involvement in a prestigious marketing academic journal, a Neeley official said. Robert P. Leone, a marketing professor at the Neeley School of Business, was named co-editor of the Journal of Marketing this summer and began the position Sept. (0) comments
Two vehicles parked in the soccer stadium parking lot were broken into Monday, a TCU Police official said. TCU Police Lt. Ramiro Abad said personal items were taken from the cars sometime Monday afternoon. The owners reported the theft to the TCU Police when they came back to their cars that afternoon, Abad said. (0) comments
A recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions revealed that 71 percent of admissions officers at some of the nation's top universities have received MySpace or Facebook friend requests from prospective students seeking a competitive edge, but admissions staff at the university said they do not respond to such requests while the student's admission status is still pending. (0) comments
After a $16 million renovation, Sherley Hall returned this semester with substantial upgrades for residents ranging from a baking center to lounges with pool and foosball tables, but most notably a movie theater in the basement, a university official said. (1) comment
Students gathered to witness a rare site - a retired federal agent, cowboy and self-proclaimed Republican promoting the legalization of drugs in Palko Hall on Tuesday night. The Department of Criminal Justice invited Terry Nelson, a retired group adviser for the Department of Homeland Security and executive board member and director of training for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, to address members of the campus community. (14) comments
Plans to bring back the Convenience Swipe at on-campus eatery 1873 were already in action before Dining Services learned about a petition to resuscitate the option, a Dining Services official said. The option would allow students with a meal plan who do not have dinner at Market Square between 5 p. (1) comment
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' utmost concern as a judge is to honor the oath he took to uphold the U.S. Constitution, he said during a lecture at Southern Methodist University on Wednesday night. As part of the SMU Tate Lecture Series, which brings distinguished speakers from various fields to the school's campus, Thomas spoke of his experience with the Supreme Court. (1) comment
The College of Education's Green Honors Chair, a scholar on educational policy, told students, faculty and community members on Wednesday that the U.S. Constitution should be amended to give students and faculty academic freedom in the classroom. "Education is not driven by educators, but it is driven by politicians," author Joel Spring said. (0) comments
One student cannot wait for the knock on his dorm room in Brachman Hall today. That is because at about 7 p.m., Student Development Services and the Student Government Association will make "house calls" to freshman dorm rooms. Brent Folan, freshman business major, said he planned to suggest that a bowling alley be built where former campus restaurant Pond Street Grill used to stand in Worth Hills. (0) comments
Students and staff members are working together to bring the Meals on Wheels program to campus, expecting to establish an official student organization by this spring. University faculty and staff have had a Meals on Wheels program for some time, said Melissa Gruver, coordinator for Community Involvement and a member of AmeriCorps VISTA, a national service program to fight poverty. (0) comments
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