Archives
Although wedding budgets vary, dream ceremonies still possible
Grads may fare better in 2011 job market
Seniors finish collegiate dance career
Season tickets nearly double in price for faculty, staff
Stadium construction will cause seat relocation, decrease parking for 2011 season
Frogs head north to Air Force Thursday
Drunk driving devices are not effective prevention
It's late on a Thursday night and you've been out with your friends, probably consuming a few too many piña coladas or whatever your drink of choice is. As you place your key in the ignition and turn, the usual purr of the engine is unmistakably absent. Nothing is mechanically wrong with your car, but your all-night alcoholic consumption is the culprit of this dilemma.
According to a March 10 Star-Telegram article, devices that would prevent a car from starting if the driver is under the influence of alcohol could be a feature on new cars for Americans in the near future.
Technology can’t replace classroom environment
I am sure students may have asked themselves at some point, "Do I really need to come to class to do well in this course?" If the answer is no, then it usually is followed by the justification that you could probably get everything you need to know from the PowerPoint lectures online anyway.
As much as we would love to answer no to that question, I believe that technology cannot entirely replace the classroom environment.
SGA VP External Affairs candidates compete in runoff Thursday
Caroline Wiersgalla and Hunter Sprague will compete in a Student Government Association runoff election for Vice President of External Affairs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Brown-Lupton University Union Activities Coordinator Brett Phillips said.
Phillips said to keep the runoff election fair, he could not release numerical results from Wednesday's election.
He said the runoff is necessary because none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the vote in Wednesday's election.
V-Day Campaign ends with ‘The Vagina Monologues’
Performances of the play "The Vagina Monologues" concluded the TCU V-Day Campaign to stop violence against women and girls, with a frank and emotional experience for viewers.
Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" featured a cast of women telling their own stories through a series of monologues. Each monologue was based on real interviews done by Ensler with a diverse group of women who shared their experiences of violence, abuse and sexuality.
Katie Caruso, a senior theater major and coordinator of the TCU V-Day Campaign, said the play invoked many different emotions.