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By Emily Atteberry / Posted February 10, 2012

For Eric Parikakis, Billy Bob’s Texas honky tonk and its cowboy boots, two-stepping and country music was a Thursday-night ritual. It was a well-known fact among students that admission was free after midnight on Thursdays, Parikakis, a sophomore political science major, said. But now, patrons are charged $4 per person, he said.

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Reduced drilling could be beneficial

By Kaileigh Kurtin / Posted February 10, 2012

With the price of natural gas near record lows, Chesapeake Energy Corporation will cut production in the Barnett Shale because drilling is no longer as profitable. That fact, however, has failed to dampen the mood at the TCU Energy Institute.

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Country music artist stops by KTCU

By Bailey McGowan / Posted February 10, 2012

Country music artist Shooter Jennings was in the KTCU studio Thursday afternoon performing two new songs from his upcoming album, “Family Man,” which will be released March 13. Jennings said the album felt more like his first solo album because it was different from his past albums.

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Although wedding budgets vary, dream ceremonies still possible

By Heather Noel / Posted February 10, 2012

Driving back from dinner at a quaint Italian restaurant, alumna Katelyn Thompson and her then-boyfriend Sam decided to stop on campus just to look around Robert Carr Chapel.

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Facebook memes hit TCU

By Andrea Masenda / Posted February 9, 2012

The meme phenomenon that has swept universities and their social media sites made its way to TCU on Tuesday night. Senior supply and value chain management and finance double major Amir Tafarroji created the TCU Memes Facebook page Tuesday, which has gained more than 2,600 “likes” since.

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Professor named Council chair

By Caroline McDonald / Posted February 9, 2012

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professors has selected Nancy Nix, a professor of business who has worked at the university for 10 years, as its board of directors chair.

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Cash can be useful on campus and community

By Chelsea Katz / Posted February 9, 2012

In this time of plastic, some people are still putting paper into their wallets. Even though many people have started carrying credit and debit cards, cash could be a good thing to carry for when cards do not work.

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'Fosterotica' discusses sexuality

By Michael Gutierrez / Posted February 9, 2012

Sexually saturated but sexually illiterate. This is the picture of American society Rita Cotterly, adjunct kinesiology professor, painted for participants of the first two nights of Fosterotica, a three-day candid discussion of sexuality.

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SGA explains $640,000 budget

By Clayton Regian / Posted February 9, 2012

Brent Folan, the current president and former treasurer of the Student Government Association, said he planned to ensure the SGA acted with fiscal responsibility. Although there was no set budget for the current 2012-2013 academic year, Folan said he expected the budget to be the same as last year’s budget of $640,000, which was the highest in SGA history.

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Chaplain offers Interfaith service trip to San Francisco

By Michael Gutierrez / Posted February 9, 2012

Explore, serve, pray and learn. These are the four objectives of this year’s Interfaith spring break trip to San Francisco. Todd Boling, associate chaplain for Religious and Spiritual Life, organized activities designed to expose students to faiths and cultures that might be unfamiliar to students.

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Facebook memes hit TCU

The meme phenomenon that has swept universities and their social media sites made its way to TCU on Tuesday night.

Senior supply and value chain management and finance double major Amir Tafarroji created the TCU Memes Facebook page Tuesday, which has gained more than 2,600 “likes” since.

E-book options appeal to some

Implementing a new e-textbook system could be an option the university would consider for students, engineering professor John Fanchi said.

“I think the use of e-books would be considered, but not necessarily accepted or required,” Fanchi said.

'Fosterotica' discusses sexuality

Sexually saturated but sexually illiterate.

This is the picture of American society Rita Cotterly, adjunct kinesiology professor, painted for participants of the first two nights of Fosterotica, a three-day candid discussion of sexuality.

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