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Friday,
September 21, 2001
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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
dont 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 Theatres first show of the season Wednesday, Without
Consent.
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Hey
chant eliminated from games to boost TCUs 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, were 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 weeks 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 universitys vision this year by revisiting
the published vision statement, Chancellor Michael Ferrari said
this week.
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| National
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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.
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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
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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 weeks 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 weeks terrorist attacks.
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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 weeks 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.
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University
of North Texas sophomores Katrina Hille and Krista Hille joined
a prayer group the afternoon of Sept. 11.
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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 Tuesdays 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 Tuesdays
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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