2008 Woodie Awards
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Gov. Rick Perry's new book tour, which has stirred mixed reactions, is making a stop at the TCU Bookstore on Thursday for a book signing. Perry's book, "On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For," is centered on the Boy Scouts of America program's criteria of having a "duty to God" and supporting the intolerance of homosexuality with a vow to stay "morally straight. (0) comments
Each day, students of different races, genders, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds enter the nation's classrooms. Unfortunately, for some, these factors may work against them - especially in urban areas. According to TCU's Center for Urban Education, urban schools - those schools with low socioeconomic and/or predominantly minority students - have the most critical shortages of qualified teachers and, therefore, the most openings for college graduates. (1) comment
Urban schools need more qualified teachers, but odds are against students from those schools ever becoming teachers themselves. Out of the 13 million children living in poverty, only about half will graduate high school, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. (0) comments
Tarrant County state records show 83.2 percent of public school students as minorities - 26.3 percent black and 56.9 percent Hispanic. The Fort Worth Independent School District classifies 71.3 percent of its more than 79,000 students as economically disadvantaged. (1) comment
Less than four miles from the TCU campus, Arlington Heights High School boasts students who score above the state's average on the SAT, ACT and advanced placement tests. Armed with a plethora of student organizations and advanced placement classes, the students are given the opportunity to make the best use of their academic achievements. (1) comment
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. "No Child Left Behind has been false advertising. And there doesn't seem to be a sense of urgency about improving the education system. ... Across the board we're going to have to recruit a generation of new teachers. We're going to have to pay our teachers more, we are going to have to give them more professional development and we're also going to have to work with them rather than against them to improve standards. (0) comments
Carolyn Castellanos Sophomore, engineering major High school: Diamond Hill-Jarvis One of the major differences between the high school that I went to and the high schools that my peers went to was definitely the attitude of the students. I hear about how other high schools worked, and I feel like my high school worked the same way. (0) comments
Department store surveillance cameras were looking straight at her, and yet artist Ann Messner continued to put one T-shirt on after the other. Unbeknownst to other shoppers, Messner was performing for the cameras. The TCU-owned Fort Worth Contemporary Arts' new exhibit titled "Lifting" is a show revolving around artwork that appears to be the product of theft. (0) comments
A new scholarship will give three rising seniors a chance to cut back on costs before graduation. Chancellor Victor Boschini and TCU Transitions worked together to create the TCU Mission Statement Scholarships, which will give $2,000 each to three rising seniors, said Chuck Dunning, dean for the class of 2008 and director of TCU transitions. (0) comments
Admissions data for this year reveal small gains in the number of applications and selectivity but a stagnant gender gap, the dean of admissions said. The number of students who applied for admission at TCU inched up about 3 percent from last year for a total of 12,016 applications in 2008, according to admissions data. (0) comments
An alternative drilling site is being evaluated for an on-campus natural gas well, a university administrator said. The university signed a lease in August that proposed a drilling site in the remote parking lot north of Amon Carter Stadium, but an official location for the site of the Chesapeake Energy natural gas well has yet to be determined, said Brian Gutierrez, the vice chancellor for finance and administration. (0) comments
Arizona Sen. John McCain has essentially sealed the GOP nomination, but the Democratic contest between Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois continues, and faith could play a role in who occupies the White House come November. A Zogby poll conducted Jan. (0) comments
Now that the public portion of The Campaign for TCU is in full swing, it's time to follow the money. Don Whelan, vice chancellor for university advancement, said the administration developed four core priorities for the campaign - one of which is increased funding for academic programs. (0) comments
TCU students who are collectively borrowing $350,000 from a credit union may have to seek financial assistance elsewhere because of legislation that overlooked credit unions when setting better rates for nonprofit organizations, a financial aid officer said. (0) comments
In an April 10 story about an on-campus electrical accident, medical information about the two injured employees from Lt. Kent Worley, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman, was attributed incorrectly to Tracy Syler-Jones, associate vice chancellor for marketing and communication. (0) comments
The Student Publications Committee selected the new editor-in-chief and advertising manager for the Daily Skiff for the fall 2008 semester and editor-in-chief of Image magazine for the 2008-2009 school year Friday. Bailey Shiffler was selected to be editor-in-chief of the Skiff and Kerry Crump was selected to be advertising manager. (0) comments
"To see or not to see," that is the question Theatre TCU is asking the community in its presentation of "Hamlet," the last show of the 2008 Main Stage season. The show is the first Shakespearean play to be produced on campus in four years and will be performed in the original text, said Andrew Milbourn, who is playing Hamlet. (1) comment
The Tenure, Promotion and Grievance Committee presented the final draft of its new tenure appeal policy to the Faculty Senate at Thursday's meeting and the Faculty Senate will vote in May. The tentative policy applies to tenure-track faculty who wish to appeal when denied a promotion and/or tenure. (0) comments
