Obesity prohibits you from doing a lot of things. According to the Trust for America's Health, adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state during the past year. Most would consider such a condition to be detrimental. However, maybe it can be used in your favor. (0) comments
It's amazing how some hair pulling and national attention can expose a serious problem. For those of you who haven't heard, University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert was suspended indefinitely for actions in a game against BYU on Nov. 5. These actions included pulling a player on the ground by her hair and kicking another in the face with the ball while the player was on the ground. (2) comments
When considering his achievements, Isaac Newton once said, "If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." Thousands of TCU students over three decades stood on the shoulders of one of these rare and inspiring giants, professor and director of choral activities Ron Shirey. (1) comment
I checked my e-mail last Friday, Oct. 30, to find that the 2008-2009 Horned Frog yearbook was ready to be picked up by students who ordered one. Having ordered my yearbook after my picture was taken last year, I was excited to finally see what was bound inside the bright, white cover. (1) comment
I enjoyed Thursday's editorial cartoon depicting the professor oblivious to the various distractions occupying his students' attention. I shared that view throughout college, assuming that professors were in their own tunnel-vision world and couldn't see anything in front of them. (0) comments
Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., said on Oct. 27 that he would filibuster Democratic Senator Harry Reid's health care reform bill if it included a government-run insurance plan, or public option. For the politically uninterested, this fact might be irrelevant. (1) comment
With the recent shooting at Fort Hood outside of Killeen, one has to wonder what the exact causes of the horrific shooting were and ways to alleviate them to prevent similar problems in the future. Is our support system for soldiers outdated, or in this case, is this one instance that "just got away"? With the immense levels of emotional and physical stress that our armed forces go through home and abroad, maybe we need to question the support system we have for them. (0) comments
Most of the time when a husband cheats on his wife, he might get kicked to the curb and served divorce papers. That would have been a fortunate outcome for Abas Hussein Abdirahman, a 33-year-old Somali man who was publicly stoned to death this week for adultery. (0) comments
The debate over health care reform in the U.S. has been healthy, deserved and prolonged, if not overly discussed. The issue has essentially become partisan, divided along the Republican and Democratic lines with a few crossovers here and there. Proponents of each side have been vehement about making their points, garnering support and using all types of arguments to accuse the other side of being "uncaring" for a variety of reasons. (4) comments
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