Tuesday, February 5, 2002


Announcements of campus events, public meetings and other general campus information should be brought to the TCU Daily Skiff office at Moudy Building South, Room 291, mailed to TCU Box 298050 or e-mailed to (skiffletters@tcu.edu). Deadline for receiving announcements is 2 p.m. the day before they are to run. The Skiff reserves the right to edit submissions for style, taste and space available.

• The TCU Symphony Orchestra will perform 7:30 p.m. today in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium. Led by guest conductor John Giordano, the concert will feature winners of the 2001 TCU Concerto Competition. For more information call (817)257-7602.

• The Leadership Center and M.J. Neeley School of Business will present “Making Our Lives Count” 6:30 p.m. today in PepsiCo Recital Hall. Bliss Browne, president of Imagine Chicago, will speak. The event is open to the public. For more information call (817)257-7855.

• Green Honors Chair Lecture will present Marjorie Agosin, Spanish and Latin American studies Green Chair 7 p.m. tomorrow and Thursday in Sid W. Richardson Building, Lecture Hall 1. The Chilean writer, poet and human rights activist will speak Wednesday on the topic “The Alphabet in My Hands: A Writing Life” and Thursday on “Retazos de vida: mujeres y democracia en America Latina.” For more information call (817)257-6894.

• Green Honors Chair Lecture will present Emory University Professor Jackie J. Irvine 6 p.m. Wednesday in Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center in the Cox Banquet Hall. Irvine, chandler professor of urban education, will speak on “The Education of Children Whose Nightmares Occur Both Day and Night.”

• Black History Month film “Boycott” will be shown 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom. The showing of the civil rights film is sponsored by Programming Council. For more information call (817)257-5233.

• “In a New York Minute” art show will run through Friday in the Student Center.

• Insights — faculty artists exhibit will run through Feb. 14 in the Moudy Building North foyer. The exhibit will feature the newest works of TCU faculty artists.

• House of Student Representatives will hold their first meeting at 5 p.m. today in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Vistors Center board room. All organizations are welcome. Meetings will continue every Tuesday throughout the semester.

Compiled by Anthony Kirchner, Staff Reporter

Burglary- Residence
Beckham-Shelburne Hall

Jan. 28 — Police were dispatched to the Pi Beta Phi house in reference to some missing jewelry. Student told police she got in the shower earlier that day and when she came back to her room, a ring and one of her earrings were missing from her counter. Estimated loss is $4,000.

Threat
Moncrief Hall

Jan. 28 — Police received a call stating a student was threatened with a gun in Moncrief. After some investigation, three soft pellet pistols were located and released to the officer by the suspect. The suspect was then transported and read his Miranda rights.

Theft
Ed Landreth Hall

Feb. 1 — Complainant stated that he entered his office to find that someone had been in the room. Complainant noticed that the items on his desk were moved and someone had been looking in the drawers. Upon further inspection of the room, he found his laptop computer was missing.

Auto Theft
Lowden/Lubbock Parking Lot

Feb. 1 — Complainant had parked his pick-up truck Wednesday night and when he returned to the vehicle Thursday, the vehicle was not parked where he had parked it. Complainant looked in all the lots around the area and could not find his vehicle. Complainant had just changed the license plates and does not know the new number.

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