By Maddie Schmitt / Posted November 7, 2012
The Board of Trustees meeting will begin Thursday at 8 a.m.
By Max Montemer / Posted November 7, 2012
As the SGA presidential election draws near, a debate between candidates helped shine light on their platforms.
The TCU Forensics Team hosted a debate Wednesday afternoon between the two Student Government Association candidates for Student Body President.
By Caressa Bateman / Posted November 7, 2012
This year’s presidential election brought red and blue to a purple campus.
Members of the university and surrounding community took their opinions to the polls and showed their interest and concern by casting their ballots.
Some students seemed to agree on the importance of voicing individual opinions.
By Joshua Trant / Posted November 7, 2012
Although the possibility of underground water pipelines breaking or leaking to the surface might create short-term inconveniences, the long-term benefit is understood by local residents.
Construction manager for the Fort Worth Transportation Public Works, Robby Carnes, said the water service roadwork on Lubbock Avenue and Merida Avenue will prevent future problems.
By Richard Escobedo / Posted November 7, 2012
Residence halls in Worth Hills, in addition to Amon G. Carter Stadium, will be without air conditioning from 7 p.m. Thursday until 8 a.m. on Friday, according to an email from David Mestemaker, assistant director of the physical plant resources department.
No other areas will be affected.
By Ashton Hooker / Posted November 7, 2012
The Lone Star Film Society hired TCU’s student-led strategic communication agency, Roxo, to create marketing strategies for the 2012 Lone Star Film Festival.
LyTer Green, a copywriter and account executive for Roxo, said the agency has created a cross-promotional marketing strategy that utilizes social media, guerilla marketing, trivia and various contests to raise awareness throughout the community for the festival, which will take place from Nov. 7-11.
By Kezhal Shah-Hosseini / Posted November 7, 2012
A desire for more freedoms, an overthrow of dictators and a rejection of former traditions were the causes of the Arab Spring, a panel of university professors said to a filled lecture hall Tuesday night.
By Matthew Johnston / Posted November 7, 2012
Students can advertise their sustainable acts to show how green TCU's campus is on the university’s sustainability website.
By Max Montemer / Posted November 7, 2012
The TCU Forensics team will host a debate between Student Government Association candidates for Student Body President.
Brent Folan and Joshua Simpson will meet to debate issues of importance to the TCU community at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7 in the Scharbauer Debate Chamber.
TCU students, faculty, and staff are invited to watch the debate.
By Audrey Swanson / Posted November 7, 2012
Brittany Henderson aspires to inspire young women, and she hopes to use her radiating passion for fashion and style as the medium for encouragement. Chatting over coffee and bagels in the TCU Barnes & Noble café, she explained her ideas and motives of what she hopes to do. Her plan is two-fold: create a fashion line and travel to high schools to encourage girls to embrace their own personal style. It hasn’t been a simple discovery to find what she’s meant to do, though.
Long-legged and curly redheaded, she talked about her own development of personal style and confidence. In a school where Nike shorts and oversized t-shirts are the norm, she was dressed in cute high-waist shorts and sandals. But like most, she went through an awkward stage, complete with questionable clothing and hair choices, but she embraced it with a laugh and a shrug of her shoulders: “It made me who I am now.”
