Resident petition leads to restricted parking hours on Princeton Street

By Melissa Christensen
Staff Reporter

Long-standing resident complaints about blocked driveways and inconvenient garbage and recycling collection have lead to restricted parking on the north side of the 2800 block of Princeton Street, said Jon Craver, a senior engineering technician for the Fort Worth Department of Transportation and Public Works.
The department installed signs Thursday prohibiting parking between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on school days. The south side of the block has had that same limitation for several years.

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International plaza to be proposed by committee

By Jonathan Sampson
Staff Reporter

House of Student Representatives Permanent Improvements committee members want to build an international plaza on campus to honor TCU’s international ties, said Chelsea Hudson, the committee’s chairwoman.
The proposed plaza will include 10 to 16 flags and a fountain or statue in honor of the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla and Kansai Gaidai University, TCU’s sister universities in Mexico and Japan, Hudson said.
She said her committee will bring the bill before the House April 24 for approval, and she said she expects representatives to approve it.

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Holocaust Remembrance Week planners seek to increase awareness

By Bethany McCormack
Staff Reporter

Students planning Holocaust Remembrance Week hope that in addition to teaching students about past persecutions, the week will also educate them on recent social injustices, said Mandy Mahan, a junior religion major.
“(There are) things going on in different countries that resemble the Holocaust,” she said. “Genocide occurs every day, (but) a lot of people don’t know about it.”

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Front Page News
U.S. media should cover Ohio riots

April 1, 2001.
The day will live in the minds of many Americans. One Chinese pilot is killed when his fighter jet and an American spy plane have a mid-air collision. Twenty-four American soldiers land in China’s Hainan Island and are detained for 10 days. Two countries come to a standstill as tensions rise over talks to bring the soldiers home.
However, April 7, 2001, will be remembered by few, if any, of the Americans who stopped all to watch the latest newscast over the situation in China.

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Sports have become too commercialized
A teams’ need to make big bucks crosses over into world of naming stadiums

By Hemi Ahluwalia
Skiff Staff

Candlestick Park, Joe Robbie Stadium, The Spectrum Center and Reunion Arena are just a few of the stadiums across the nation which have recently received new high-tech names.
The United Center, The Staples Center, ProPlayer Stadium and Quacom Stadium are now the new trend in corporate names which have started to buy up the homes of America’s favorite pastimes.

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Thomas to blame for his death
Americans should be embarrassed by recent riots in Cincinnati

By James Zwilling
Skiff Staff

Race-related riots are as old as racial intolerance in the United States.
When Cincinnati Mayor Charles Luken declared his city in a state of emergency and announced a citywide curfew last week in the wake of the worst riots in recent years, Americans should not have been surprised.
They should have been mad.
The riots, looting and violent

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Men’s track takes first, third in 100-meter dash

By Sam Eaton
Skiff Staff

Senior sprinter Kim Collins did not compete at the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station Saturday, so he could rest for this weekend’s TCU Invitational.
But that did not stop the men’s track team from grabbing first and third place in the 100-meter dash at its fourth meet of the outdoor season.

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Men’s tennis picks up win despite flat effort vs. Tulsa

By Matt Stiver
Skiff Staff

As men’s tennis coach Joey Rive watched the team drub Tulsa 5-2 Saturday, he noticed something was missing.
In winning the doubles point and four of six singles matches, the Frogs gave a lackluster performance, Rive said.

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Frogs come back to defeat Hawaii
Baseball teams blows 4-1 lead, wins in 9th with RBI basehit by Bates

By Brandon Ortiz
Skiff Staff

After getting the game-winning hit Sunday in the TCU baseball team’s 5-4 victory over Hawaii, senior left fielder Tom Bates said Monday’s game was “a must win.”
“It’s huge,” Bates said. “There was no reason we should lose.”
The Horned Frogs (25-17, 15-8 Western Athletic Conference) did win Monday, but it took a two-out rally in the ninth inning for TCU to comeback and beat Hawaii (18-22, 8-16 WAC), 6-5.
Trailing 5-4 in the ninth inning, things did not start off well for the Frogs. Junior Rudy Ontiveros, pinch hitting for sophomore second baseman Ramon Moses, grounded out and senior center fielder Rudy Rivera flied out to center field. The Frogs were down to their final out, and it appeared as though they were going to blow what was a 4-1 lead.
That’s when things changed.

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A Dream for Some: Bluebonnet Circle
Story by Bryan Perkins u Photo by Yvette Herrera

As you travel south on University Drive past the campus of TCU and Berry Street, you will eventually come upon a quaint, circle drive, host to two very similar, yet very different Italian restaurants.
Bellagio Italian Bistro and Bella Pasta and Pizza highlight the unique and friendly culture of Bluebonnet Circle and maintain the philosophy that friendly service and a personal touch are always in demand.
Although Bluebonnet Circle dates prior to the 1940s, these two restaurants are very new to the circle. Bella Pasta and Pizza began serving customers in January 2000 while Bellagio Italian Bistro opened its doors for business in June 1999.

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Review
By Lindsay Williams

How can I summarize “Memento,” a film that is made up of flashbacks that are shown in chronological order, backwards?
Leonard Shelby is an insurance investigator who witnesses his wife’s murder. During his struggle with the attacker, he suffers a head injury. It causes him to have, what he calls, a “condition.”
He develops a short-term memory, so short that he forgets everything every 15 minutes. His only clues are in memento’s: pictures he takes of the people and places that he encounters and the tattoos on his body. Confused yet? Don’t worry, it’s reassuring that the main character in the film isn’t so sure what’s going on either.

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