Aztec, Mayan artifacts reported missing
Pottery, valued at about $267,700, stolen from library

By Ram Luthra
Staff Reporter

More than 110 Peruvian, pre-Columbian pottery artifacts, valued at about $267,700, were reportedly stolen from a basement storage room in the Mary Couts Burnett Library.
The pottery artifacts are from the Aztec and Mayan civilizations, dating back 2,700 years. They were reported as missing to the TCU Police Feb. 23. However, the TCU incident report cited that the items were last seen Feb. 1, 2000.
Robert Seal, head university librarian, said the room where the artifacts were stored was locked. He said he does not know how someone got into the room, but noted that there was no forced breakin. y

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Texas legislators discuss health insurance funding
Public school teachers receive poor benefits, pay

By Jillanne Johnson
Staff Reporter

When the Texas Legislature began the 77th session Monday, legislators began searching for the best way to provide state-funded health insurance to the only state employees who don’t already receive benefits — public school employees, said Dale Young, director of career services and field experience for the School of Education.
Providing state-funded insurance would help alleviate the teacher shortage, thus increasing the quality of education in Texas, said Roxanne Evans, public relations director for the Texas Federation of Teachers.

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Symposium to concentrate on definition of womanhood

By Jennifer Koesling
Staff Reporter

Womanhood, as defined by society and by women themselves, is the central theme of the Seventh Annual Women’s Symposium today through Thursday.
“We have chosen defining womanhood as a new issue because people are always questioning who they are,” Marcy Paul, program coordinator of the Women’s Resource Center, said.
Paul said the idea began at the beginning of the school year when freshman women showed no interest in women’s issues. She said from that point, the Women’s Resource Center wanted to approach a topic central to many people’s lives.

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Officials name 2 scholars
Two-year search ends for Jewish Studies Program

By Bethany McCormack
Staff Reporter

Last week, officials at Brite Divinity School selected two scholars to lead the Jewish Studies Program after almost two years of searching.
W. David Nelson has been named the Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, and Athalya Brenner has been named the Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible.
Toni Craven, a professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite and chairwoman of the search committee, said the two scholars create a good combination because of their two different areas of interest. Brenner’s knowledge of the Hebrew Bible will bring a new perspective to students, and Nelson’s focus on early Judaism will be helpful for undergraduate students, she said.

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Teachers’ Aid
Educators need health care plans

Currently, Texas public school employees don’t receive any type of health care benefits from the state. This makes them the only group of state employees who don’t receive this benefit.
Multiple bills have been filed with the state to provide a health care plan for school employees. Since the state legislature just went back in session Monday, a decision can be expected before May 29.

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Festival would help end isolation

By John P. Araujo
Skiff Staff

It’s been a while since I wrote a column, so I will comment briefly on some recent news events to catch up.
European meat products
Europe seems plagued with bad meat lately. Thousands of cattle and sheep have been slaughtered because of mad cow and hoof and

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Women’s hoops shatters expectations
First trip to NCAA Tournament yields first win; team left with desire to return

By Kelly Morris
Sports Editor

One year ago, the TCU women’s basketball team ended its season in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.
After recording its best season this year, the Frogs recently ended their season in the second round of another tournament — the NCAA Tournament.

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Bradshaw no-hits Hawaii-Hilo, team’s winning streak hits seven

Brandon Ortiz
Skiff Staff

Before the TCU baseball team departed for Hawaii, head coach Lance Brown said that the Horned Frogs had a chance to win all six games if the team played well, but he pointed out that Rice, ranked No. 2 by Baseball America, was not able to do that.
“So I don’t know what our odds are,” Brown said.

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Dean’s List
Season of firsts leads to good overall grades

The women’s basketball team had its best season in the program’s history, playing in its first NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed and picking up an upset-victory over sixth-seeded Penn State. The Frogs lost in the second round to third-seeded Louisiana Tech, which subsequently reached the Elite Eight.
The Skiff grades the season’s performances for the women’s basketball team.
Karen Clayton, senior center — She played limited minutes in her final season, but gave head coach Jeff Mittie some much needed depth down low. Clayton averaged 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds a game. C+

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