Campus Briefs

House considers new evaluation forms

Flag lowered to honor death of staff member

Fire engulfs frat house in Massachussetts

United cause
University sets $108,000 goal for United Way fund-raising campaign
By Jacque Petersell
Staff Reporter

TCU administrative assistant Lou Grouver said she appreciated assistance provided by the American Red Cross after a fire destroyed her Stonegate Villas apartment Sept. 16.
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Owning a computer may become mandatory
By Jordan Blum
Staff Reporter

TCU is in the early planning stages of requiring students to purchase computers that meet minimum acceptance requirements. Assistant Provost for Information Services Dave Edmondson said he hopes the program will increase students’ technological abilities.
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House hopes to gain more feedback
By Kristin Delorantis
Staff Reporter

The House of Student Representatives hopes to gain more feedback from students by conducting Constituency Day online, said House Vice President Amy Render.
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Advertising industry changes
By James Zwilling
Staff Reporter

Local advertising executives said Tuesday that an economy already volatile prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America will continue to suffer in the wake of retaliation against countries in the Middle East.
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Campus shows the different sides of war
By Jordan Blum
Staff Reporter

Religion Professor Yushau Sodiq compared the United States’ retaliatory strikes against Afghanistan as an elephant fighting an ant.
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Economy may inhibit progress, Ferrari says
By John-Mark Day
Staff Reporter

A year after the Commission on the Future of TCU, Chancellor Michael Ferrari said much has happened in a short time, but future progress will be tempered by the downturn of the economy.
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Twin-engine plane crashes into Dallas neighborhood
By April Castro
Associated Press

DALLAS — A corporate airplane lost control upon final approach to Love Field on Tuesday, clipping a house and a garage, power lines and a gas meter before crashing into a cluster of trees, officials said.
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Officials say U.S. unchallenged in Afghan air space
Third day of attacks crushes
Taliban air defenses;Bush criticizes Congress for leaking information
By Ron Fournier

Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The United States hit Afghanistan with a third day of airstrikes, crushing Taliban air defenses, radars, and airports to the extent that American warplanes can fly unchallenged night and day, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “The skies are
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Terror victims express concerns about strikes
By Jeff Donn
Associated Press
BOSTON — There was no rush of joy, not even a quiet sense of revenge. With U.S. forces finally targeting terrorists who killed her husband, Christie Coombs was more anxious than ever for herself and her children.
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Supreme Court will not hear Microsoft appeal
By Anne Gearan
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corp. lost a longshot appeal to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and all sides said they will focus on settling the government’s long-running antitrust case against the software company.
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California university investigates hazing incident
By Greg Smith
Daily Forty-Niner

LONG BEACH, Calif. (U-WIRE) — Last year Gilbert Lopez, a 21-year-old junior business major, decided to rush for a fraternity at California State University-Long Beach. Two friends from high school were members of Delta Sigma Chi, a co-ed Hispanic fraternity, and Lopez said he felt the fraternity suited him best. But while Lopez was looking for brotherhood and friendship, he found only pain and humiliation.
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