House passes safety resolution
Needs focus on police patrolling

By Melissa Christensen
Staff Reporter

The House of Student Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday encouraging TCU administration to take a more keen interest in the safety needs of students by revising parking regulations and improving police patrolling.
“The motivation came from the idea that even though we recognize TCU is a safe campus overall, there is always room for improvement,” Milton Daniel Hall representative Chris Mattingly said. Mattingly, a freshman business major, is a member of the House University Affairs Committee, which wrote the resolution.
The resolution suggested means to make parking more readily available near campus housing to limit the amount of time residents may spend walking alone:

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Senior kidnapped, robbed at gunpoint
Suspects abduct student from Stonegate

By Jaime Walker
Senior News Editor

Senior Jason Cordova said he feels unbelievably fortunate to be alive after reportedly being kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint midnight Tuesday.
Cordova, an advertising/public relations major, said he was about to deliver some papers to a friend at the Stonegate Villa Apartment Complex on Oakhill Circle. He said two men approached him, held a gun to his head and told him to get back in his car.

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Ranking expected to rise
Business school narrowing gap on top 50, some say

By Julie Ann Matonis
Staff Reporter

In the next two or three years the graduate business program could be ranked in the top 50 of U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings, said William Moncrief, senior associate dean of the M.J. Neeley School of Business.
He said it’s not important that TCU ranks behind Southern Methodist University and Rice University, but that TCU is gaining on both schools in the rankings.

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FrogNet still improving

By Kelly Marino
Staff Reporter

When the FrogNet enrollment system went into effect two years ago, it was designed to make the registration process simpler for students and for the registrar’s office, but officials knew they would be dealing with the complications associated with a new software, said Patrick Miller, registrar and director of enrollment management.
He said TCU is more prepared now to deal with any difficulties it may encounter with FrogNet.

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Lasting rewards
Focus on others, not personal gain

Forty years ago, one of the biggest volunteer organizations in the country was established to help people in the world’s developing countries. After President John F. Kennedy gave a speech at the University of Michigan, students organized a petition to establish what is today known as the Peace Corps. More than 161,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps since 1961.
TCU ranks No. 8 in the state in terms of the number of alumni who become Peace Corps volunteers. More than 120 TCU graduates have volunteered in countries like Colombia, The Gambia, Bolivia, Thailand and India.
Jesse Garcia, a public affairs specialist who helps recruit volunteers for the Peace Corps, said it’s a good sign when students on a campus think globally when considering their future.

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Past mistakes should set standard
Congress needs to look at how Bush handled finances in Texas

By Brandon Ortiz
Skiff Staff

As if there weren’t enough reasons to oppose President George W. Bush’s tax cut already, Tuesday presented another reason why Congress should not pass George’s risky scheme.
That reason to oppose the tax cut happened right here in the Lone Star State.
The state House Public Education Committee listened to testimony on a handful of bills designed to offer pre-kindergarten or kindergarten to more children. According to an article published Tuesday in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, one of the bills would require districts to provide pre-kindergarten to all 4-year-old children. The bill would also require mandatory kindergarten for all 5-year-old children. Another bill would make it easier for low-income families to put their children in pre-kindergarten.

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Gofrogs.com future unknown after going off line
Host Web company folds; athletics department searches for other venues to post information

By Victor Drabicky
Skiff Staff

As of Friday, gofrogs.com was no more.
Steve Fink, director of athletics media relations, said the Internet site dedicated to Horned Frog athletics information will be down indefinitely.
“Totalsports.com (the company that hosted the site) went out of business last week,” Fink said. “We were informed Thursday that it would be gone by Friday.”
Fink said until a new site could be established, users will be redirected from the gofrogs.com Web site to a section of the TCU Web site that will display sports updates.

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Community should take notice of tennis team climbing the ranks

By Matt Stiver

Amidst the manicured grounds of the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, the men’s tennis team is quietly putting together one of the most solid seasons in a program rife with tradition.
Not that anyone has noticed the 17-2 Frogs. No manufactured hype here, no glitzy PR campaign, no full-page ads.
They have a legimitate chance to claim the NCAA singles title (senior Esteban Carril) and the Western Athletic Conference title. The No. 2 men’s tennis team finds itself competing not to squeak into the NCAA Tournament but for a top seed. This group of Frogs is playing for the NCAA title.

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Battle at the Ballpark
Frogs fall to Longhorns

By Brandon Ortiz
Skiff Staff

The Horned Frogs might have had stars in their eyes Tuesday night, but nothing was sparkling in their play.
The TCU baseball team lost to No. 20 Texas, Tuesday night in front of 8,458 people in the fifth The Battle at the Ballpark at The Ballpark in Arlington.
Things were bad from the get go for the Frogs, who dug themselves into an early 7-0 hole.

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Forget the Army— Join the Peace Corps

By Kristina Iodice
Skiff Staff

Sarah Burleson is a 22-year-old senior who will graduate in May. But the political science major and Spanish minor will not be searching for a job or thinking about graduate school.
In a few months, Burleson will head to the Caribbean or South America as one of the newest Peace Corps volunteers.

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