On-campus apartments remain in high demand
New lottery system fair way to fill Tom Brown-Pete Wright, some say

By Chrissy Braden
Staff Reporter

TCU meets housing needs because all students have a place to live, said Roger Fisher, director of residential services. But he also said not everyone who wanted to live in the Tom Brown-Pete Wright Residential Community got a room in the facility, so the university is not doing an adequate job of addressing students’ demands for on-campus housing.
Karen Baker, associate director of residential services, said that last week 178 students picked numbers in a lottery for 59 available spaces in the Tom Brown-Pete Wright Residential Community.

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Students’ information not given to solicitors
Phone numbers accessible in Frog Calls

By Jennifer Koesling
Staff Reporter

TCU policy does not allow any outside access to student’s personal information, but it can still be obtained through the online Frog Calls directory.
“Solicitors who call the TCU Post Office, mailing services or Information Services are refused that information,” said Terri Robinett, a CAMPUSLINK customer service representative.

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WAC title leads to NCAA bid,11th seed in East Region

By Kelly Morris
Sports Editor

Women’s head basketball coach Jeff Mittie said he knew the Frogs were going to the NCAA Tournament, but he still couldn’t calm his nerves.
After the TCU women’s basketball team won its first Western Athletic Conference Tournament and clinched the automatic NCAA bid March 10, the Frogs knew they were going to the tournament, but they didn’t know who they were going to play.

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Lucky Lotto
Drawing makes sign-up unbiased

Every year at this time, on-campus phones start ringing off the hook, and the networking begins.
Although conversations may initially revolve around Spring Break plans or summer job offers, talk often turns to next semester’s housing options.
Should we stay in this residence hall?
Should we move off campus?
Should we try to get into the Tom Brown-Pete Wright Residential Community?

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Intelligence missing in political sitcoms
Party spokespersons lack the information to provide quality commentary

By Lucas Henderson
Skiff Staff

Americans should be aggravated with the state of our national political dialogue. Regardless of network, the “political sitcoms” mimic each other. Tim Russert and the like act as referee while opposing sides feign debate. The resulting dialogue, however, is of poor quality. Democrats and Republicans, uttering scripted responses, demonstrate limited intellectual acuity and are completely void of candor.
Nevertheless, Americans watch, each time hoping that someone will finally treat us (the viewers) with some dignity and say something intelligent.

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Letters to the editor
Constitutional rights should not be abandoned to prevent violence

Other Greek groups perform large amounts of service as well

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see today's editorial cartoon.

Frogs commit 6 errors, go 1-1 in weekend series with Nevada

By Brandon Ortiz
Skiff Staff

The TCU baseball team committed six errors in two games against Nevada this weekend, but head coach Lance Brown said he does not plan on changing the Horned Frogs’ practice routine any time soon.
“We won’t change any workouts,” Brown said. “We don’t ever change. We work on the same things, everyday.
”After committing only five errors in their last nine games going into this weekend’s series, the Frogs’ (13-8, 5-2 Western Athletic Conference) defensive hot streak came to an end when errors contributed to a split in two games against Nevada (9-12, 5-6 WAC) Friday and Saturday.
Wet weather has followed the team for a month and has limited the team’s fielding practice, because the wet playing fields make it tough for infielders to practice fielding ground balls.

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Payne leads Frogs in Okla.
Forward helps capture WAC title, named tourney MVP

By Kelly Morris
Sports Editor

Entering the final round of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, the TCU women’s basketball team was trying to do something the men’s team was unable to accomplish in its first round of the WAC Tournament.
Beat a team from Hawaii.

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Frogs bail at WAC Tournament
Failure to play with heart causes first-round loss, disgrace

I hate quoting cheesy movies lines, but for lack of a better analogy, I find myself forced to quote “8 Seconds,” the 1994 rodeo flick starring Luke Perry (of Beverly Hills 90210 fame) as the bull-riding legend Lane Frost.
His girlfriend’s mother said at some point in the movie that she would “rather judge a man by the size of his heart than his rear.”

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All that jazz

Story and Photos by
Laura McFarland

Gently swaying to the music, jazz singer Selma Pinkard closes her eyes and begins to sing. Each soft, sultry note, bares her soul to the mesmerized audience.
For Pinkard, singing the songs of her favorite jazz singers was part of a life-long dream. The dream came true for Pinkard Thursday in a Stage West program.

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The mixing of music

By Victor Drabicky
Skiff Staff

Normally, mixing pink-haired, tattoo-covered punk rockers with boots, spurs and chaps-clad cowboys into one music event is a bad idea. But as thousands of music fans from across the globe descend upon Austin this week, the two will find a way to mix almost perfectly.
For the 14th straight year, the South By Southwest music festival will call Austin home. Starting Wednesday, more than 1,000 bands from 23 different genres will take the stage in hopes of getting their big break.

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