Staff Assembly approves salary increase request
Parking problems, update of Alliance also discussed at meeting

By Jillanne Johnson
Staff Reporter

Staff Assembly members unanimously approved a letter requesting a salary increase at their meeting Tuesday.
The letter will be sent to Chancellor Michael Ferrari.

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Students’ cars safe in parking lots, police say
Possessions in vehicles can be protected if precautions taken

By Ram Luthra
Staff Reporter

After four cars were broken into within two weeks, police are concerned about recent vehicle break-ins near TCU, said J.C. Williams, assistant chief of TCU Police.
“One of our main priorities is to protect students’ possessions from being stolen,” Williams said. “This is a major problem, and we are addressing it every way we can.”

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Web cam put atop Sid Richardson
Students able to watch construction of Tucker Tech over the Internet

By Melissa Christensen
Staff Reporter

The world is watching TCU take shape through the use of a real-time Web camera overlooking the construction of the William E. and Jean Jones Tucker Technology Center.
Mounted atop a storage building on the roof of the Sid W. Richardson Building, the camera can be controlled by individual visitors at the camera’s Web site (http://tuckercam.tcu.edu). A visitor can zoom, pan and tilt the camera, taking in scenes as close as the Tucker construction site and as far as Fort Worth’s downtown skyline.

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Daily bread
Agape Meal takes unconventional route to feed homeless, low-income residents

By Bethany McCormack
Staff Reporter

The group of volunteers is as diverse as the people they serve. College students, senior citizens, adults and children — all ages and races come together at Broadway Baptist Church to serve a meal and join in fellowship with homeless and low-income neighborhood residents.
For the past five years, Broadway has hosted Agape Meal, a family-style dinner Thursday nights where church members and volunteers eat with guests while building valuable relationships, said Scott Waller, director of community ministries at Broadway.

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Watching out
Camera could be used for security

For those of you who are actually wondering what the construction is accomplishing behind the Mary Couts Burnett Library, you can now go to (http://tuckercam.tcu.edu) and watch the action live.
Austin Commercial, the Dallas-based construction company in charge of building the new William E. and Jean Jones Tucker Technology Center, has put a camera on top of the Sid W. Richardson Building to oversee the construction process.

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Whine not, stop complaining

Returning from London this semester, I have tried to put my ear to the well-watered ground around campus and listen for new signs of discontent. Being gone so long changes people but not things. I believe I can offer a few solutions to the problems that still plague the campus, the same problems I shouted about last year when I didn’t know any better. Perhaps I can preach my ideas one last time before I give it up all together.

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Flat rate fails to consider all students

As well-intentioned as the idea may be, a flat-rate tuition plan like the one Chancellor Michael Ferrari is pushing may do more harm than good.
According to a Jan. 24 Skiff article, the flat rate would reflect the price of taking 15 hours a semester. That means students will pay for 15 hours if they are taking between 12 and 18 hours. The idea is that students would have an extra incentive to take 18 hours a semester, thus graduating on time and improving the university’s poor four-year graduation rate.

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TCU recruiting takes hit as Oklahoma expected to sign 15 players from Texas

By Jaime Aron
Associated Press

A few years after Mack Brown revived Darrell Royal’s roundup style of recruiting at Texas, Bob Stoops is reaching into Oklahoma’s past and pulling off the Lone Star State talent raids last seen by Barry Switzer.

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Women’s team deserves respect

If you ask any athlete why they choose to participate in athletics, he or she will surely say it’s because they love the game, love winning and enjoy competing.
You know, the typical “thrill of victory,” and “agony of defeat.”
Back in the day, I actually competed athletically at the collegiate level and once held the opinion of it being about the thrill of victory and only the thrill of victory. I held that opinion until I played in front of a large crowd.

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Women win ninth straight
Frogs crush Miners by 23 to remain undefeated in WAC

By Kelly Morris
Associate Sports Editor

After shooting 51.6 percent (16-of-31) from the field and holding Texas-El Paso to just 14 first-half points, the TCU women’s basketball team won its ninth-straight game Tuesday at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
Tuesday’s win tied the TCU record for victories in a season (16) which was achieved each of the past two seasons. The Frogs are now 8-0 in the Western Athletic Conference and remain undefeated when scoring at least 70 points.
Head coach Jeff Mittie said the Frogs’ first-half performance overwhelmed the Miners.
“I was pleased with the way we came out,” Mittie said. “To step on a team like that (early), it is difficult for them to recover.”

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