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Friday, September 21, 2001
News
Campus and Local
PC plans for smaller Family Weekend
By Kristin Delorantis
Staff Reporter

Programming Council is downsizing Family Weekend in anticipation of less out-of-state travel due to current flight situations, PC Vice President Sara Komenda said.

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Faculty Senate considering new disciplines for cheating
By Piper Huddleston
Staff Reporter

The TCU Faculty Senate is researching new disciplinary procedures for academic misconduct because of an increase in suspected cases of cheating and plagiarism, said Melissa Young, Academic Excellence Committee chairwoman for the Faculty Senate.

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Textbooks don’t cover this
TCU Police, theatre department teach about date rape, sexual assault
By James Zwilling
Staff Reporter

Two students. One dorm room. One date rape. And a room full of spectators.
Residents of Colby Hall were among the first students to see Assault Prevention Theatre’s first show of the season Wednesday, “Without Consent.”

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‘Hey’ chant eliminated from games to boost TCU’s image, Ferrari says
By Kristin Delorantis
Staff Reporter

The “Dr. Who” chant, sometimes referred to as the “hey” song and frequently played at TCU football and basketball games, is no longer allowed because of the verse, “we’re gonna beat the hell out of you,” Chancellor Michael Ferrari said.
Ferrari said he did not have the same reaction to the current version of Riff Ram.

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Campus organizations contribute to relief
By Sam Eaton
Staff Reporter

Several TCU student organizations are helping in the relief effort for victims of last week’s terrorist attacks by raising money and collecting stuffed teddy bears for victims’ families.

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Vision statement needs to be worked on, Ferrari says
By John-Mark Day
Staff Reporter

TCU needs to sharpen the university’s vision this year by revisiting the published vision statement, Chancellor Michael Ferrari said this week.
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National and International

Ron Garriso - KRT Campus

President George W. Bush vows justice will be served for the terrorist attacks at an address to a joint session of Congress Thursday night.

‘Justice will be done,’ declares Bush
By Sandra Sobieraj
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Before a united Congress and worried nation, President Bush vowed Thursday to avenge terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. “Justice will be done,” he declared.
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College Briefs
Texas A&M reservists called to active duty

Students rally against violence
By Jay Lindsay
Associated Press

Students staged peace rallies at campuses around the country Thursday and called for nonviolent justice — not revenge — for those responsible for last week’s terrorist attacks.
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Number of missing rises above 6,300
By Larry McShane
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Thursday that the number of missing and presumed dead at the World Trade Center has climbed to 6,333 — an increase of more than 900 since the last estimate.

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Jim Barcus/KANSAS CITY STAR (KRT Campus)

Georgetown University students hold a peaceful, silent protest on the college campus Thursday to bring awareness to a peaceful process against last week’s terrorist attacks.

Sikhs target of anger, harassment after attacks
By Maureen Kane
The Battalion

COLLEGE STATION (U-WIRE) — Images of Osama bin Laden have become familiar to many people since last week’s terrorist attacks on the United States. Photographed wearing a turban and long beard, bin Laden has come to symbolize terrorism for many people in the United States — but according to Dr. Chenan Singh, head of the electrical engineering department at Texas A&M University, this conception is wrong.
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Clerics ask bin Laden to leave
Statement sets no deadline and
includes a threat of jihad, holy war
By Amir Shah
Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Facing the prospect of U.S. attacks, Islamic clerics urged Osama bin Laden to leave Afghanistan. The United States said the call Thursday fell short of its demands, and a Taliban official acknowledged the alleged terrorist mastermind might have problems finding another nation willing to accept him.
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A generation in mourning
University newspapers across the
nation recorded campus reactions throughout the last 11 days.

University of North Texas sophomores Katrina Hille and Krista Hille joined a prayer group the afternoon of Sept. 11.

Indiana students form group to fight discrimination
Sept. 14

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (U-WIRE) — A student group is forming on the Indiana University campus so Muslim women, especially those wearing the hijab — a scarf-like head covering — do not bear the brunt of any hostility in the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks.

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Berkeley students demand apology for editorial cartoon
Sept. 19

BERKELEY, Calif. (U-WIRE) — More than 100 protesters clogged the lobby of The Daily Californian office for several hours late Tuesday night demanding an apology for an editorial cartoon printed in Tuesday’s edition. A statement prepared by the student editors said the newspaper “will not issue an apology” for the cartoon, which “in no way reflects the views and opinions of The Daily Californian.”
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University of Utah to remain open unless Bush requests otherwise
Sept. 11

SALT LAKE CITY (U-WIRE) — Shock swept through the University of Utah Tuesday morning as news of the plane crashes in New York and Washington, came streaming over TV and radio stations.
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Columbia U. volunteers turned away in NYC
Sept. 17

By Joshua Hersh
Columbia Daily Spectator
NEW YORK (U-WIRE) — When the first plane struck the north tower of the World Trade Center around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Angelo Parano and his brother Mario were working on the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a team of bridge painters. After helplessly watching the two tallest buildings in New York collapse, the Parano brothers, both certified steelworkers, rushed over to ground zero to begin searching for survivors.

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Southern Methodist students participate in a candle light vigil Sept. 11.

 

 

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