tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85015991195745324932024-03-06T00:19:45.876-06:00Mem'ries Sweet BlogRemembrances of TCU Horned Frog days of yoreThe TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-45777764913317518302013-03-21T05:47:00.000-05:002013-03-26T05:50:24.681-05:00Prepared for takeoff<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px;"></span><br />
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Thank President Harry S. Truman in 1946 for giving TCU the chance at a national championship.</div>
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Not in football. In the sky.</div>
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Fresh off defeating the Axis in World War II and capitalizing on a surge of aviation-related nationalism, Truman signed Public Law 476, which incorporated the Civil Air Patrol as a nonprofit organization. It was an act of thanks to the group’s thousands of volunteers who had answered America’s call to national service by performing critical wartime missions in the days after Pearl Harbor, including more than 500,000 flying hours, sinking two enemy submarines and saving hundreds of crash victims. Not bad for a bunch of civilians.</div>
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When the war ended, the nation understood that these everyday aviators could continue to provide valuable services to local and national agencies, so Truman established the United States Air Force a year later. Soon after, the Civil Air Patrol became an official auxiliary of the military.</div>
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In the spring of 1947, the university ha<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">d an unofficial aviation “ground school” that taught basic cockpit controls in an old BT-13a training plane that wasn’t even flight-worthy. It was more a restoration project that class instructor Troy Stinson had taken on. But he had to abandon the effort after too many neighborhood boys pilfered the plane’s movable parts.</span></div>
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The time had come to start something official.</div>
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In April, Stinson sent out inquiries to aviation companies about buying a plane at cost and then organized a student group — made up of Civil Air Patrol members and Army and Navy reservists — patterned after the National Intercollegiate Flying Club. He called it Flying Frogs.</div>
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Nineteen students signed up at the first meeting, appointed officers and formed a G.I. committee to seek government funding.</div>
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Two weeks later, a few of them rented a plane and competed for the first time at an air meet in Columbia, Mo., earning a second-place and a third-place finish in two events.</div>
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It was a start.</div>
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Five universities competed in contests called bomb dropping, speed dash, spot landing and airplane scavenger hunt.</div>
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The Flying Frogs swept them all, led by sophomore Mary Helen Rattikin ’49 of the Civil Air Patrol, who was the flier of the meet, setting a national collegiate record in spot landing and taking third in speed dash.</div>
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By January 1948, the Flying Frogs had grown to 21 members, each paying $2 in dues, but more important, the group had gained official recognition by the National Intercollegiate Flying Club and awarded the host site for the 1949 national meet. Newspaper advertisements bombarded students with calls to jet off to away football games or consider a future with the U.S. Army or U.S. Air Force, further evidence of the club’s popularity and the growing market for commercial aviation and leisure travel.</div>
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Best of all, the purple fliers won easily, taking first in three of the six events.</div>
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They were the favorites to win the national meet in Michigan in June, if they could afford the travel. Expenses from their own meet had depleted the club’s treasury, and unless a benefactor helped, the Flying Frogs were going to stay grounded.</div>
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It was a rescue mission for the Civil Air Patrol. Area fliers learned of the students’ woes and helped find enough money for six Flying Frogs to make the trip to Ann Arbor.</div>
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But the team suffered by not being at full strength. They managed a second-place finish overall, led by Royce Livingston ’49, who garnered third in spot landing, and Jim Bollinger ’50, who took third in bomb dropping. Rattikin placed sixth in spot landing and was honored as the top female pilot.</div>
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“Although we have no planes of our own with which to practice and no home field as many of the other schools have, it is clear that we do have some top fliers,” Stinson told the <i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: CenturySchoolbook-Italic; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skiff.</span></i> “Our hopes are that we can do better next year.”</div>
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The next season, the club had grown to nearly 35 members and the Flying Frogs had swept through the regular season undefeated. Additionally, the U.S. Air Force engaged four fliers in a ferrying job, escorting a DC-3 from New York to Crete in the Mediterranean Sea. TCU also was selected to become home of the first Civil Air Patrol squadron on a college campus.</div>
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Unfortunately, government bureaucracy kept “Bucket” earthbound until the spring of 1951. Because the plane was a part of the surplus program, no bill of sale was issued, and the Civil Aeronautics Board wouldn’t give clearance until TCU obtained one.</div>
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By then, the flying craze was waning. The sport was expensive and the club’s numbers were dwindling. The Flying Frogs also suffered a streak of bad luck at nationals. In 1949, the team hosted the title meet on its home runway but had an off day and finished a disappointing fourth. In 1950, at Oklahoma, the team managed only one point after “Bucket” nosed over while on the ground and cracked its propeller. Though a<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>national power, the team never did win a national title.</div>
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The club re-emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s under the tutelage of Serge Matulich, an associate professor of accounting. Besides flying, the group went on field trips to area airports, control towers and aircraft manufacturers, including General Dynamics.</div>
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“They say that race car drivers have gasoline in their blood,” then-sophomore Karen Campbell ’85, a one-time president of the club, told the <i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: CenturySchoolbook-Italic; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skiff</span></i> in 1983. “Well, pilots have jet fuel in theirs.”</div>
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An enlarged yearbook photo hung for many years in the studios of KTCU. The young man in the frame was Luther Adkins ’49. The label under the portrait refers to him as the station’s founder.</div>
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The funny thing about the man they dubbed the founder is that his voice never graced the KTCU airwaves — at least not in his student days. There was that time in 1981, at the grand opening of KTCU’s new digs in the Moudy Building, when folks convinced Adkins to sit at the console and ham it up like a morning-show disc jockey.</div>
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But Adkins, who speaks even in casual conversation with the clarity and confidence of a broadcast professional, is not associated indelibly with TCU’s campus radio station for something he did on the station. It’s about what he did for the station. “I got them on the air,” Adkins says. “That’s why they call me that.”</div>
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Adkins could not have known what the station he helped launch in the fall of 1948 would become. FCC-licensed since 1964, KTCU 88.7 FM “The Choice” has helped kick-start the careers of scores of aspiring media professionals. The format has changed many times over the decades but not the mission: KTCU remains an outlet for students to hone their broadcasting skills in a setting that closely mirrors a major-market commercial radio station.</div>
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“I was able to do exactly what I wanted to do career-wise because of KTCU,” says Scott Blusiewicz ’08 (MS), who is part of the radio broadcast team for the Houston Astros’ Class A affiliate in Lancaster, Calif. “They have some really unique and creative on-air programs for college radio. It’s created a lot of opportunities for students.<br />
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Adkins is seated at a conference-room table in his Fort Worth Club office, thumbing through a thick file folder. “Now where did I put this?” the retired Carter Publications personnel manager asks himself. The “aha” moment comes soon enough and Adkins retrieves a 30-year-old newspaper clipping that references the founding of the station. He reads a sentence aloud about the role played by WBAP radio in KTCU’s inception.</div>
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“They got the station wrong,” he says. “It was actually KCNC.”</div>
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It’s a forgivable mistake. Adkins spent much of his 50-year media career at WBAP-TV Channel 5 and its parent company, Carter Publications. But KCNC is where it all began. Adkins, an announcer/DJ for the station, was one of just a handful of TCU students who had a paid radio gig.</div>
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The closest that members of the TCU Radio Club could get in the spring of 1948 to doing the real thing was practicing their craft over a public-address system that fed into a speaker in an adjoining room. Tired of simply playing radio, club members sought Adkins’ help in starting up an actual broadcast.</div>
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Adkins, who had been an active member of the club his sophomore year, hatched a plan to end his classmates’ frustration. He called in a favor from a KCNC engineer who liked to tinker with equipment in his spare time. Adkins recalls he was able to secure $500 from TCU to buy a turntable and pay for the supplies his engineer friend needed to construct a plywood console.</div>
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The equipment was ready by fall. Absent a transmitter, the engineer instead created a wired-wireless system that could be heard in most campus residence halls and academic buildings. The days of playing radio were over. KTCU was on the air.</div>
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It was something of a parting gift from Adkins, who graduated in the spring of 1949 as the first recipient of the newly created bachelor of fine arts in radio-television-film. Adkins returned to school briefly the following fall. He received a $50 stipend to teach a semester-long introduction-to-radio course. But he knew his path was as a practitioner, not a professor.</div>
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As Adkins’ career was taking shape, KTCU was slowly forming into a bona fide radio station. KTCU relocated in 1949 from Building Two of the Barracks to the Fine Arts Building. In the mid-1950s, the station converted to closed-circuit radio transmission. The station purchased seven specially built transmitters, allowing students to hear hi-fi music by tuning to 1025 KC’s on any campus radio.</div>
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Eight months after the Beatles debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show, KTCU received an official FCC license. The station took the airwaves as 89.1 FM (It would be several years before it slid over to its more familiar spot on the dial). On Sept. 15, 1964, a <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TCU Daily Skiff</em> story boasted that the station would have an “excellent signal” within a four-mile radius of campus and an “adequate signal” within a 15-mile area.</div>
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KTCU listeners in those early years would have tuned in to hear an opera, an orchestral arrangement, or a 30-minute news update. Sports programming included live play-by-play of varsity baseball and Wog (freshman-team) football games.</div>
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Realizing that student DJs would rather spin Rolling Stones records than broadcast Beethoven sonatas, station manager Larry Lauer (today TCU’s vice chancellor for government affairs) in 1967 changed the set list to a heavy dose of rock ’n’ roll. But by the late 1970s, the station had once again shifted back to a jazz/classical music/public affairs format.</div>
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“We are primarily a training facility for students,” station manager Constantine Bernardez told the Skiff in 1984. “Our formats don’t have mass appeal, so obviously we’re not interested in numbers (of listeners).”</div>
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Turned out, there were tons of potential listeners around town — if they could be enticed to tune in. Station manager Andy Haskett proved that in 1994 when he gave the station an edge. Patterned after popular Dallas station “The Edge,” KTCU’s commercial-free, alternative-rock format generated a buzz among local fans of The Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam. In one year, the audience exploded from fewer than 4,000 listeners to more than 19,000.</div>
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These days, KTCU draws an impressive 25,000 unique listeners per week. Daytime music is geared toward reaching a wide cross-section of Fort Worth listeners, explains station manager Russell Scott. Scott has also beefed up coverage of TCU athletics to give would-be sports broadcasters more on-air opportunities than they had in the past. Scott’s philosophy includes letting students run the show after dark.</div>
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“We purposely leave our nighttime music selection up to the students in order to foster their creativity and give them a better sense of ownership over their specialty shows,” Scott says.</div>
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New technology is expanding the station’s reach. Online listeners around the world stream KTCU. The station is especially popular in Denmark. KTCU even joined the iPhone revolution in April 2010 with a free app — in the first 11 months, more than 5,000 people had downloaded it.</div>
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“Our website has provided us a way to get news and information out to listeners, but what’s a bigger story, I think, is our social media and our iPhone app,” Scott says. “Both have been very successful.”</div>
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KTCU is poised for many decades of continued success. And Adkins is glad to have played a role in laying its foundation.</div>
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“I’m lucky to have been a part of a lot of history,” Adkins says. “When you get this old, you are history.”</div>
The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-28604730520007490842012-10-16T11:37:00.000-05:002013-03-26T05:48:13.442-05:00Clark Hall Spirit Marauders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before there were the HyperFrogs, there were the <b>Clark Hall Spirit Marauders</b>. They were easy to spot at TCU sporting events, sitting in the front rows with their faces painted purple and white, cheering and shouting.<br />
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They were determined to improve school spirit.<br />
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"The whole idea behind the group is that we wanted to build some spirit around TCU and create a tradition," group leader and Clark Hall resident Mike Kerner was quoted as saying in the 1989 <i>Horned Frog</i> yearbook.<br />
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Among other activities, the Spirit Marauders took groups of children with cystic fibrosis to football and basketball games. The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-27018159839235306342012-10-15T10:22:00.001-05:002012-10-15T10:22:10.233-05:00A fresh slate in 1983-84 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having graduated all eight of the seniors who truly were the Killer Frogs, the <b>TCU men's basketball team of 1983-84</b> was starting with a clean slate. That became the theme of that season's media guide, shown above. It was <b>Jim Killingsworth</b>'s fifth season in Fort Worth, and only one player remained from the previous season's 23-11 squad that finished tied for fourth in the Southwest Conference and reached the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament.<br />
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Youth would be the theme and depicted by wide-eyed Tommy Carley watching Killingsworth erase the Killer Frogs tag. The new crop, which included Frog greats <b>Jamie Dixon</b>, <b>Dennis Nutt</b>, <b>Carven Holcombe</b>, <b>Tracy Mitchell</b> and <b>Tony Papa</b>. would struggle to an 11-17 mark that season, but they would rebound to a 16-12 mark in 1984-85, setting up back-to-back years of 20-plus wins and SWC crowns in 1985-86 and 1986-87. The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-11016802224509181632012-10-09T09:46:00.000-05:002012-10-09T11:50:52.739-05:00Frog Blog is now Mem'ries Sweet BlogYou may have noticed that we haven't posted to our old Frog Blog very often since spring. The magazine staff has been talking about what would be a better use of this weblog space, and we have concluded that we need more nostalgia pieces that would be of interest to our audience.<br />
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TCU has begun its 140th academic year and there is lots of history from which to choose. A few times a week, we aim to share with the TCU community short items from the <i>TCU Daily Skiff</i>, <i>The TCU Magazine </i>(or its old moniker <i>This Is TCU</i>), the <i>Horned Frog</i> yearbook and stuff our readers send to us.<br />
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We invite you to comment, share, expound and add to what we post. You're a part of TCU's great history and lore. In this space, we'll celebrate it together.<br />
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If you have ideas for content, email your thoughts to <a href="mailto:tcumagazine@tcu.edu">tcumagazine@tcu.edu</a> and put Mem'ries Sweet in the subject line.<br />
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Go Frogs!The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-32423377838717205332009-08-26T14:06:00.003-05:002009-08-26T15:54:40.211-05:00Emeritus professor Bill Watson active in art world.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bnnXKVfTOF-VZr1CyKJCHgX89i2lpLZCXzxEFyCQK85vjxNRb3w1EaZkm_HR1tJvE5gBG2SQJ1QqzeFI7iAChkF0WpJzmYpifBsWb4U_M3ox595LupvM6e_RVBZ2bKrG4ywxTgC5A84/s1600-h/Bill+Watson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bnnXKVfTOF-VZr1CyKJCHgX89i2lpLZCXzxEFyCQK85vjxNRb3w1EaZkm_HR1tJvE5gBG2SQJ1QqzeFI7iAChkF0WpJzmYpifBsWb4U_M3ox595LupvM6e_RVBZ2bKrG4ywxTgC5A84/s320/Bill+Watson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374352546195973986" border="0" /></a><br />From time to time in the late 1990s, Emeritus Chemistry Professor Bill Watson and I shared an elevator as we headed to our respective offices in the Sid Richardson building. By day, the highly respected Watson guided students through the mental maze of chemistry and conducted research on x-ray crystallography, among other areas of chemical interest.<br /><br />But, as I eventually discovered, Bill Watson is quite the Renaissance man, with many interests, including art. While still at TCU, he painted an outdoor-scene on one wall of his crowded office, turned old CDs into a mobile and added graffiti-like cartoon faces to a row of gray filing cabinets.<br /><br />Retired for several years, Watson — who lives in Santa Fe — is now enjoying the art scene full time. Check out his work and activities at www.watson-online-art-gallery.com<br /><br />Here’s what Joyce Asper with the <a href="http://www.agora-gallery.com/">Agora Gallery</a> recently said about Watson’s creations on display at their gallery:<br /><br />“Drawing inspiration from science, shamanistic ritual and medicine and native art, Bill Watson creates dreamscapes of exploration and connectivity. Highly stylized, many compositions feature animal or spirit forms and illustrate variations on folk tales and Native American beliefs.<br /><br />Watson’s themes are emphasized by the intense, joyous colors he uses, running through a wide range of bright earth tones juxtaposed so as to create high impact and luminous draw. The various elements of the paintings are linked — often by lines or strings of abstracted shapes — and fill the canvas organically.<br /><br />Watson employs deftly blended brushstrokes that give his surfaces a warm dappled feeling and leave a light surface texture that adds depth to the otherwise linear represented forms. The overall effect is of a narrative journey — a mysterious one, but one which arouses intense curiosity, pleasure, and sometimes even amusement.”<br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.watson-online-art-gallery.com/">Watson’s</a> Website— <a href="mailto:n.bartosek@tcu.edu/">Nancy</a>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-37661355528084103922009-08-24T11:02:00.004-05:002009-08-24T18:29:42.652-05:00TCU offers Web page on swine flu preparedness<span class="news_body_content">As school begins here and across the country, reports of a predicted new wave of </span><span class="news_body_content">H1N1 (swine) flu this fall have begun. </span><br /><br />In response, TCU has announced an information and resource <a href="http://www.tcu.edu/122.htm">Web page</a> related to the virus, which includes news updates, information links and fact sheets about symptoms and ways to prevent getting sick.<br /><br />TCU will work with local health authorities to monitor H1N1 in the Fort Worth-Dallas area and its impact on the university. The university also will monitor the Center for Disease Control and World Health Organization for information about the progression of the flu.<br /><br />UPDATE: <a href="http://www.newsevents.tcu.edu/1659.asp">http://www.newsevents.tcu.edu/1659.asp</a><br /><br />The Office of Student Affairs informed the campus late Monday afternoon, that officials have confirmed that 10 students have been identified as having H1N1/swine flu. All the cases appear to be mild and all are being treated with Tamiflu.<br /><br />"Because more is now known about H1N1/swine flu, the CDC recently issued new guidelines for schools and colleges on how to handle H1N1/swine flu cases," said Don Mills, vice chancellor for Student Affairs. "Unlike last spring, the CDC does not recommend closure of institutions but rather recommends that each ill student avoid interaction with the general campus population and not attend classes until fever-free for 24 hours without the assistance of fever reduction medication. Additionally, students who are ill and live in the local area may go home if they wish. In the future, any student confirmed with Influenza Type A will receive medical treatment for H1N1/swine flu. "<br /><br />The university is reminding faculty, staff and students to practice good hygiene and seek medical attention for any flu-like symptoms. If faculty, staff or students become ill, they are encouraged to seek medical attention as soon as possible and avoid contact with others, Mills said. Students may go to the Brown-Lupton Health Center during clinic hours. Faculty, staff and students also may seek medical attention through private physicians or local hospitals.<br /><br />Mills also noted that TCU cleans general residence hall areas with hospital grade chemicals on a daily basis.The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-69252357442213407852009-08-23T22:54:00.005-05:002009-08-24T11:00:55.428-05:001,822 new students at Freshmen Assembly<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0nGvALVhm1T55xSJgEhK6eJ-qJfYr6AUbq8iepDgW2LSfFYwfgFHjXcr40iKt_NF-kg5GOZ4fjSDB8oYCJDC-iTg31kKUkHcmdw0O5aBe09yS2Md6fN5slA6IWgawUXST0QwBSkAJKM/s1600-h/assemb+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 198px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373379131187707778" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0nGvALVhm1T55xSJgEhK6eJ-qJfYr6AUbq8iepDgW2LSfFYwfgFHjXcr40iKt_NF-kg5GOZ4fjSDB8oYCJDC-iTg31kKUkHcmdw0O5aBe09yS2Md6fN5slA6IWgawUXST0QwBSkAJKM/s320/assemb+4.jpg" border="0" /></a>They sat in the air-conditioned comfort of Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in their purple Class of 2013 shirts - all 1,822 (or so) of them - future lawyers, doctors, editors, entrepreneurs, artists and who knows what else, clutching candles, belting out the alma mater and taking the first step toward their destinies.<br /><br />As for the rest of the TCU Community, as English professor and keynote speaker Richard Enos put it, "We have the privilege of watching what you will become right before our very eyes."<br /><br />With feelings of hope and promise and potential, a feel-good Freshmen Assembly adjourned. The school year has officially begun.<br /><br />Enos, Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr., Provost Nowell Donovan, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills and others spent the hour encouraging and inspiring the group with the simple charge of beginning their college careers being smart and successful.<br /><br />And they're not the same thing.<br /><br />"The world is filled with talented individuals who have done nothing," Enos preached. "Don't fall victim to the notion that quickness equals brilliance. Writing an A paper just before deadline or cramming the night before an exam might make you smart. But it is not a pattern for success. The cure for cancer will not be discovered in this way."<br /><br />Using examples of Victor Hugo, Jean Francios Champollion and Isocrates, Enos urged students to embody three traits of individuals who can outsmart those smarter than they: talent, practice and experience.<br /><br />"You are all talented," he said. "But talented unrealized is talent wasted. My hope is that as partners in the TCU learning community that we will help one another mature and teach the passion to be great and work hard."The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-38730967304799780122009-08-23T18:38:00.004-05:002009-08-23T22:25:25.738-05:00Scharbauer Hall nearing completion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0SgBRHA94ySoqr16ItXEWld-S8GO7Pt8TioFtKKIrs7yg1rtx3inerIuTB1AX-K4pbQjx3ObFl0dm7eXxoMkFkyBKiZglqTkpmu4zbbGpWRlztE3lCoVNRAV1AeNQCLzQMDc-rQgdFI/s1600-h/P1010770.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373309242002033250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0SgBRHA94ySoqr16ItXEWld-S8GO7Pt8TioFtKKIrs7yg1rtx3inerIuTB1AX-K4pbQjx3ObFl0dm7eXxoMkFkyBKiZglqTkpmu4zbbGpWRlztE3lCoVNRAV1AeNQCLzQMDc-rQgdFI/s320/P1010770.JPG" /></a>The 74,000-square-foot Scharbauer Hall is still a few months away from its December 2009 estimated completion date, but it's hard to tell from across the Campus Commons.<br /><br />The behemoth structure, which looms over the east side of the Commons in front of a bubbling Frog Fountain, will house the John V. Roach Honors College and AddRan College of Liberal Arts, starting in the Spring 2010 semester in January. It will have LEED certification as a "green" building.<br /><br />Construction crews have completed the brick work around the perimeter and are working on the top stone harness piece the rest of August, said Harold Leeman, major projects director for the TCU Physical Plant.<br /><br />Many of the interior details are being checked off the list too. The insides are all painted, save for the fourth floor. Even the ceiling tiles are in place on the first floor. No fixtures or furniture are installed yet, but that will come toward the end of the fall semester. Weather-appropriate landscaping around the building will be planted in December.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the courtyard between Scharbauer and Reed Hall will be the final items completed, Leeman said. Reed's west side has new windows, but the sidewalks, garden circle and landscaping remain. Reed Hall itself will close for the Spring 2010 semester and open again in August.<br /><br />In other construction efforts:<br />- Milton-Daniel Residence Hall, which closed in May for renovation, has gotten a new storm drain in recent weeks, and a new electrical system will be tied in possibly as soon as next week. Milton-Daniel is being renovated to house students of the Honors College. It is estimated to reopen in August 2010.<br />- Colby Hall will likely follow Milton-Daniel in renovations, and Sadler Hall may be in line for future upgrades.<br />- The Physical Plant will pursue existing building LEED certification for the Brown-Lupton University Union in September, essentially earning the "green" status on the back end, rather than prior to completion. "We're collecting data from some the meters in the kitchen and air conditioning units and what "green" chemicals are used to clean it," Leeman said. "Basically, it will get LEED status based on how the building operates, as opposed to how it was constructed."The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-73428671952143078312009-08-22T12:17:00.006-05:002009-08-22T13:40:47.247-05:00TCU Football scrimmages after two weeks of fall camp<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWT3HUav3i4LcbYDAV1Oct4IOZuQzxbwr3cVlnFjbkyYIX1Bhv_jab9ayuRcI8wHmESjUrit7jqFRR8MLRMkOFqc8hp6i4g8Ser6IfmLsQrtW1mtrcE5g2iAN-IAANI_rrnSwZ89wPoI/s1600-h/GP+in+tunnel.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372841189015054210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWT3HUav3i4LcbYDAV1Oct4IOZuQzxbwr3cVlnFjbkyYIX1Bhv_jab9ayuRcI8wHmESjUrit7jqFRR8MLRMkOFqc8hp6i4g8Ser6IfmLsQrtW1mtrcE5g2iAN-IAANI_rrnSwZ89wPoI/s320/GP+in+tunnel.jpg" /></a>The TCU football team is 17th in the preseason Associated Press poll released this morning, matching its ranking in the <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">USA Today</span> Top 25 Coaches Poll unveiled earlier this month.<br /><br />The Horned Frogs have their highest preseason ranking since 1960, when they were 11th. It's the fifth time since 2000 that TCU has been ranked in the preseason. The previous four occasions saw the Frogs no higher than 20th.<br /><br />With an 11-2 record in 2008, the Frogs were ranked seventh in last year's final Associated Press and <em>USA Today</em> polls. It was the fifth time in the last seven seasons the Frogs won at least 10 games, including four 11-win campaigns.<br /><br />TCU opens the 2009 season on Sept. 12 at Virginia.<br /><br />The AP ranking did not cheer up an upset head coach Gary Patterson, who labeled the defensive effort as "bad."<br /><br />Pressed to elaborate, Patterson rattled off a list including "enthusiasm, tackling, accountability and heart," then, when pressed more, responded to <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Star-Telegram</span> beat writer Stefan Stevenson, "Just write 'bad' with a period."<br /><br />Dealing with a depleted unit, Patterson has been forced to give more reps to third-, fourth-, and fifth-string players. Solid performances from defensive end Jerry Hughes, Daryl Washington and Tejay Johnson did little to temper his mood.<br /><br />Patterson was complimentary of the offense, saying that the group "played well" and "showed they wanted it more." <p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">Highlights of the day:</p><p class="MsoNormal">- Jeremy Kerley had two long punt returns, one for a touchdown, that drew oohs and ahhs, but were nullified by penalties.</p><p class="MsoNormal">- Kickers Ross Evans and Kevin Sharples were sharp on their field goal attempts. Evans closed practice with a 52-yard effort that cleared the crossbar with a few yards to spare.</p><p class="MsoNormal">- Under good coverage, wide receiver Antoine Hicks hauled in a 50-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Andy Dalton.</p><p class="MsoNormal">- Running backs Chris Smith, Matthew Tucker and Andre Dean had touchdown runs.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2009 Preseason Associated Press Poll</span><br />(first-place votes in parentheses and total points received)<br /><br />1. Florida (58) - 1,498<br />2. Texas (2) - 1,424<br />3. Oklahoma - 1,370<br />4. USC - 1,313<br />5. Alabama - 1,156<br />6. Ohio State - 1,113<br />7. Virginia Tech - 1,054<br />8. Mississippi - 1,047<br />T9. Oklahoma State - 989<br />T9. Penn State - 989<br />11. LSU - 914<br />12. California - 746<br />13. Georgia - 714<br />14. Boise State - 659<br />15. Georgia Tech - 593<br />16. Oregon - 587<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">17. TCU - 521</span><br />18. Florida State - 307<br />19. Utah - 289<br />20. BYU - 267<br />21. North Carolina - 261<br />22. Iowa - 229<br />23. Notre Dame - 225<br />24. Nebraska - 207<br />25. Kansas - 134</p>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-41627109039155267392009-08-21T18:55:00.008-05:002009-08-27T15:30:35.399-05:002009-10 Faculty/Staff Opening Luncheon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gMVXO3AamHUP7pmJe3A1kH4YiJOYxeZzrEqx15tpXfatYCbBheoEXoUAf9zjdNOkSVC9dNCGhFKzDR4kHGsyDRhv57bqjSSkashyphenhyphenAfKAfee-1WFVxPaQHXDJ1j2H7BTCTchIHYZSqV0/s1600-h/P1010772.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372570421570984690" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gMVXO3AamHUP7pmJe3A1kH4YiJOYxeZzrEqx15tpXfatYCbBheoEXoUAf9zjdNOkSVC9dNCGhFKzDR4kHGsyDRhv57bqjSSkashyphenhyphenAfKAfee-1WFVxPaQHXDJ1j2H7BTCTchIHYZSqV0/s320/P1010772.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Let the record show that Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. was joking.<br /><br />In a breezy, humor-filled pep talk to the university’s faculty and staff this afternoon, Boschini playfully attempted to extinguish any potential grumbling about inconveniences associated with welcoming the largest incoming freshmen class in TCU history, estimated at 1,866. (Now, it appears the number is closer to 1,822. Official numbers will be available on the 12th day of class.)<br /><br />“I don’t want to hear any complaints. Be nice to these kids,” joked Boschini, who frequently went off script and showed much of his personality. “If you like having a job, a good job, if you like health care, raises, then make sure those ... kids feel like they’re appreciated and welcome.”<br /><br />The crowd roared with laughter.<br /><br />As TCU officially began its 137th academic year with the annual Faculty/Staff Opening Luncheon, held in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, the chancellor addressed the blessings and challenges TCU will see in 2009-10, especially in light of the troubled economy.<br /><br />With an estimated 8,696 students enrolled for Fall 2009, TCU has its largest student body in history, with residence halls at approximately 109 percent of capacity.<br /><br />The endowment has eclipsed the $1 billion mark again, the chancellor said, showing a steadiness that is far outpacing what most institutions are experiencing.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Campaign for TCU now totals more than $205 million and continues to support scholarships, academic programs and faculty research.<br /><br />The university has seen the completion or near-completion of three updated facilities: The Mabee Foundation Education Complex, which opened last year; Scharbauer Hall, which will be home of the John V. Roach Honors College, when it opens in January 2010; and dormitory Sherley Hall, which opened this week to freshmen men and women.<br /><br />“I heard one dad comment that it’s nicer than the Hyatt. It’s also more expensive,” Boschini joked.<br /><br />The Board of Trustees, in April, did set tuition at $28,250 for the academic year, but Boschini was quick to add that the university has also administered its greatest-ever portion of financial aid – $150 million in scholarships, grants and loans. Much of it comes directly from the university, which increased institutionally funded financial aid to $73 million this year, in part to help students affected by the economic downturn. The university also set aside $350,000 to help students who have been most affected by the economy.<br /><br />The chancellor also noted that TCU had welcomed some 150,000 visitors to campus during the summer, from a record 392 freshmen at Frog Camps to orientation sessions to various workshops and institutes. Then he stepped aside as other summer highlights were shown on a video slideshow, comically narrated by Frog Club President John Denton ’85.<br /><br />The crowd also heard briefly from Faculty Senate Chair Art Busby, associate professor of geology, who announced that the panel would organize a first-ever All-Faculty Picnic in late March to promote community across disciplines. The group will also continue its focus on peer-to-peer exchanges, tenure issues and the economic downturn.<br /><br />The Rev. Angela Kaufman ’95, chair of the Staff Assembly, said she and staff representatives would take their monthly meetings “on the road” to various locations on campus to encourage greater participation and community.<br /><br />Student Government Association President Kelsie Johnson encouraged faculty and staff to join students in living up to the university reputation of family friendliness.<br /><br />“As the campus changes and the faces around it change, one thing remains: the spirit of the Horned Frog family, even if we’re having an Octo-mom experience,” Johnson quipped.<br /><br />At the end of the hour, Boschini announced Susan B. Adams, associate vice chancellor for Student Affairs and dean of Campus Life, as the recipient of the Chancellor’s Staff Award for Outstanding Service.<br /><br />“Kelsie [Johnson] was right: None of us could do all of the jobs around the campus alone, but collectively, we can make TCU an exceptional place,” Adams said.<br /><br />Other finalists included: Mary Kincannon, associate registrar; Ross Bailey, associate athletics director for facilities; Stan Hagadone, associate director of admission for Brite Divinity School; Cheryl Wilson, controller for Finance and Administration; Henri Etta Kilgore, budget manager for Marketing and Communication; and Sondra Harris, executive assistant in the Alumni Office.The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-30140947954211077112009-08-20T23:34:00.011-05:002009-08-21T10:18:39.693-05:00TCU ranked 110 in U.S. News rankings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8WvZ89yWNL4OfWAoedfycqNiTs0CIU2VKmzOwjs1bkjq5WzF_RxBcUDkb3l7wM9Po3hQ2OUmvPsehTVEAetYUaQNUsmjk2BF9cIFeiV-v6rHWtp0nDTKn2E1f8Pdkkzacuwy99ZEPoU/s1600-h/fr-7652.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8WvZ89yWNL4OfWAoedfycqNiTs0CIU2VKmzOwjs1bkjq5WzF_RxBcUDkb3l7wM9Po3hQ2OUmvPsehTVEAetYUaQNUsmjk2BF9cIFeiV-v6rHWtp0nDTKn2E1f8Pdkkzacuwy99ZEPoU/s320/fr-7652.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372434702287260818" border="0" /></a>School may not start until Monday, but the country's eyes are on colleges today. The controversial, but highly visible <span style="font-style: italic;">U.S. News & World Report</span> College Rankings hit the news this morning. TCU was ranked 110th, within the top 2 tiers.<br /><br />The ranking's methodology is based on 15 indicators, from a reputation survey to admission statistics, faculty numbers, financial resources, alumni participation data, giving, graduation and retention rates and others.<br /><br />"Certainly, TCU has a very positive story to be told," said Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. "Simply put: We offer a very high quality major university education in a newly revitalized and intellectually stimulating campus environment. For the type of leader-potential student we admit, we believe TCU is the best choice they can make for their own personal development. The university is making significant strides forward, even in these hard economic times."<br /><br />Recent news stories in <span style="font-style: italic;">Inside Higher Education</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Chronicle of Higher Education</span> have suggested that the primary ranking problem for many institutions is with the peer review portion of the survey. Many opponents of the rankings claim that established institutional CEOs rank their own institution at the very top every year and also tend to list the same other institutions in roughly the same spots as in previous years, thus suggesting that they don't have enough information or time to fairly assess institutions they don't know.<br /><br />Boschini's response: "Indeed. a very few institutions do seem to break the mold and get recognized each year. Our plan at TCU is to keep on track with our top quality programs and campus experience, and to keep telling our story as aggressively as we can. We believe that over time our story will be heard by those who ranks colleges and universities, just as it is now being heard by our prospective students and other constituents.<br /><br />(Photo by Jon Uzzel)The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-91216398507834971942009-08-20T23:33:00.003-05:002009-08-21T10:18:22.986-05:00Campus move-in<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YQU5Fku2-oKNxGM2hz8lHHZfiq9pZ7Ei5mEmgllI8CwY0zJ1qofveVchWC6ZDS6QbrUv_f8AZZUAGGCdKeEawasK1DW2WiW-XaBlwWME9gJPptRI2XPZdQ8r-ScJl3enQ9iMPNurpQg/s1600-h/Movein.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YQU5Fku2-oKNxGM2hz8lHHZfiq9pZ7Ei5mEmgllI8CwY0zJ1qofveVchWC6ZDS6QbrUv_f8AZZUAGGCdKeEawasK1DW2WiW-XaBlwWME9gJPptRI2XPZdQ8r-ScJl3enQ9iMPNurpQg/s320/Movein.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372420791719661266" border="0" /></a>This week brought thousands of families to campus for residence hall move-in, and for the fourth year, faculty and staff volunteers were there to help. Lugging suitcases, laundry hampers, guitar cases and more, approximately 150 helpers lent a hand over four days in one the best shows of the genuine friendliness found at TCU, said Dave Cooper, associate director of Residential Services.<br /><br />I helped out at a very slow Brachman Hall. With classes starting Monday, most students seemed to already be here. Here's a look at Campus Move-In 2009 by the numbers:<br /><br />1,860: Number of new students moving into housing on Aug. 12, 14, 17 and 19. ( That's up from the earlier estimate of 1,750 in the press release.)<br /><br />150: Number of faculty, staff and students volunteered to help new students move in. Only about 30 of the 150 are students.<br /><br />450-500: Number of volunteer hours expected to be contributed by people helping freshmen move in.<br /><br />3,900: Number of freshmen and upper classmen living in campus housing this fall.<br /><br />600: Number of fraternity and sorority members living in Greek housing.<br /><br />2,003: Number of rooms in campus housing, including Greek housing.<br /><br />1,713: Number of rooms in campus housing, excluding Greek housing.<br /><br />350: Number of rooms in Milton Daniel that are not in use during renovation. (Colby Hall will be next, by the way. Look for it to close in Summer 2010 and reopen by August 2011.)<br /><br />7: Residence halls designated exclusively for freshmen - Colby (All freshmen women); Clark (co-ed and freshmen Honors housing); Foster (co-ed housing and Freshmen Interest Groups); Waits, Brachman and Moncrief also house co-ed freshmen.<br /><br />4: Semesters that freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus, which includes TCU-affiliated housing at the privately owned The GrandMarc at West Berry.<br /><br />3,900: Beds on campus, including in fraternity and sorority houses.<br /><br />25: Percent of students living on campus who are juniors or seniors.<br /><br />(Photo by Glen E. Ellman)The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-11804658032386106012009-08-20T16:03:00.006-05:002009-08-20T16:08:10.069-05:00New TCU Football Web video is outThe latest TCU Football Web video is out, and it features junior quarterback Andy Dalton.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TCUSuperFrog#play/uploads/0/S4uD4JMmvQw">http://www.youtube.com/user/TCUSuperFrog#play/uploads/0/S4uD4JMmvQw</a><br /><br />If you missed the first one, it highlighted senior defensive end and consensus All-American Jerry Hughes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TCUSuperFrog#play/uploads/2/SF0zt209xW0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.youtube.com/user/TCUSuperFrog#play/uploads/2/SF0zt209xW0</span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF0zt209xW0"></a>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-70995237293929406532009-08-17T23:51:00.004-05:002009-08-21T10:19:20.430-05:00Baseball coach throws out first pitch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3dksKjIFQJ0DQAFVeH1Tou0ru522DHa1E5KMzfo7mZwfSAJgjIAvWuh1jTss1iHbf-zi6it0R66laSpu0kLpofmWS-SO8QKRb09TGK4bYXZw4BRQtvocBB06hDcgQ5TNG_3z3PowJdc/s1600-h/Schlossnagle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3dksKjIFQJ0DQAFVeH1Tou0ru522DHa1E5KMzfo7mZwfSAJgjIAvWuh1jTss1iHbf-zi6it0R66laSpu0kLpofmWS-SO8QKRb09TGK4bYXZw4BRQtvocBB06hDcgQ5TNG_3z3PowJdc/s320/Schlossnagle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371334027283363122" border="0" /></a>Baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Texas Rangers' home game with the Boston Red Sox on Friday. <p>A crowd of 40,311 was on hand at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. </p><p>TCU has won conference championships all six seasons Schlossnagle has been in the Horned Frog dugout. During that span, TCU has posted the six-highest single-season win totals in its history. </p><p>Schlossnagle has been named the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year all four years TCU has been in the league. Including the 2003 campaign, when he was head coach at UNLV, Schlossnagle is a five-time conference coach of the year. </p>The 2009 Horned Frogs (40-18) won the Fort Worth Regional before falling in the deciding game of the Super Regional to Texas, leaving TCU just one game short of the College World Series.<br /><br />(Photo courtesy TCU Athletics)<br /><!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE -->The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-83657470601616501372009-08-07T09:50:00.002-05:002009-08-07T09:58:54.885-05:00Football team ranked 17th in Coaches' Poll<span style="font-size:100%;">The TCU football team is 17th in the preseason USA Today poll, representing<br />its highest preseason ranking since 1960 when it was 11th.<br /><br />It's the fifth time since 2000 that TCU has been ranked in the preseason.<br />The previous four occasions saw the Frogs no higher than 20th.<br /><br />TCU, with an 11-2 record, was ranked seventh in last year's final Associated<br />Press and USA Today polls. It was the fourth time in the last six seasons<br />the Frogs reached 11 wins.<br /><br />TCU opens the 2009 campaign on Sept. 12 at Virginia. The Frogs are one of<br />just two teams in the nation to have an open date on Sept. 5.<br /><br />Three Mountain West Conference teams are ranked. Utah is 17th with BYU at No. 24.<br /><br />2009 Preseason USA Today Poll<br />(first-place votes in parentheses and total points received)<br /><br />1. Florida (53) - 1,466<br />2. Texas (4) - 1,386<br />3. Oklahoma (1) - 1,358<br />4. USC (1) - 1,321<br />5. Alabama - 1,134<br />6. Ohio State - 1,126<br />7. Virginia Tech - 1,020<br />8. Penn State - 988<br />9. LSU - 917<br />10. Mississippi - 889<br />11. Oklahoma State - 861<br />12. California - 711<br />13. Georgia - 707<br />14. Oregon - 694<br />15. Georgia Tech - 559<br />16. Boise State - 542<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">17. TCU - 461</span><br />18. Utah - 404<br />19. Florida State - 371<br />20. North Carolina - 293<br />21. Iowa - 257<br />22. Nebraska - 236<br />23. Notre Dame - 194<br />24. BYU - 178<br />25. Oregon State - 165</span>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-28148930780743424032009-08-05T23:07:00.004-05:002009-08-06T12:42:46.859-05:00TCU commerical shoot on campus<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwpDykVJ6pL7LlOWwzuYjO-M66_HFIYoVfhsWuMGvl9mKdPPuVblzL1Lq9nuFoR5afJowS8LE09wyPdgH1XOg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />TCU shot its upcoming television spot - the one that will air during football games in the fall - in front of Sadler Hall and Frog Fountain this afternoon. About 20 faculty, staff members and administrators lent a hand as extras during a scene depicting a political speech being covered by a student journalist.<br /><br />With angry skies threatening to wash out the effort, Red Productions (founded by TCU alum Red Sanders '05) kept a nervous watch but continued filming until dusk, wrapping the session in front of Frog Fountain.<br /><br />The video above shows a take from the public speech scene.<br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:11;"></span></span>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-61529334223065218362009-07-27T18:13:00.004-05:002009-07-27T18:28:38.931-05:00Changes at the Vice Chancellor level<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2U9Q9H5WbfUBi3K8YBlpswd4XrQdqgB9s-3aoic10YxZqMtC5cAB-hg50dO2EjzOIEcNgPOPrusxQ5AOkVc6EWZwp0RN3nPUqpPGIe5-lRpQAo1c1Vr_QbR7Z1Ze0DfsnZ8z3ZqufFk/s1600-h/LL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2U9Q9H5WbfUBi3K8YBlpswd4XrQdqgB9s-3aoic10YxZqMtC5cAB-hg50dO2EjzOIEcNgPOPrusxQ5AOkVc6EWZwp0RN3nPUqpPGIe5-lRpQAo1c1Vr_QbR7Z1Ze0DfsnZ8z3ZqufFk/s320/LL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363282859519096482" border="0" /></a>Chancellor Victor Boschini, Jr. announced today the addition of a new vice chancellor and a new member of his senior cabinet.<br /><br />Larry Lauer, (above) former Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communication, moves to a new position - Vice Chancellor for Government Affairs. Tracy Syler-Jones, (below) former Associate Vice Chancellor, will begin serving as Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communication.<br /><br />The moves simply made official an arrangement that had been in place for months.<br /><br />Lauer has spent the last two semesters focusing on building TCU's presence in Washington, D.C., among leaders of government and higher education lobbyists. He has successfully collaborated with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has also been actively involved in Texas legislative issues in Austin.<br /><br />Syler-Jones has assumed oversight of the universities marketing and communcation operations, including media relations, publications, special projects, community and church relations and Web site management.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2SwMqWfRUvv7_GOlzrLupHL-6HuGx2UUR-as5xdwK2HUpwTksT0RfhVYPZcb9tyGEpzZgRTQ1-lnxK9PyfCbXqOvFbWym88et3FfGonTyZOwbQAfx-ZRbb7uiizE9rmGcKwgTLvQpTU/s1600-h/TSJ.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2SwMqWfRUvv7_GOlzrLupHL-6HuGx2UUR-as5xdwK2HUpwTksT0RfhVYPZcb9tyGEpzZgRTQ1-lnxK9PyfCbXqOvFbWym88et3FfGonTyZOwbQAfx-ZRbb7uiizE9rmGcKwgTLvQpTU/s320/TSJ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363282866666349522" border="0" /></a>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-41987180682420533382009-07-22T10:01:00.002-05:002009-07-22T10:10:44.122-05:00Media pick TCU Football as preseason favoriteThe media covering the Mountain West Conference have picked the Frogs as the league's preseason favorite during MWC Media Days this week in Las Vegas.<br /><br />The Horned Frogs closed last season with a No. 7 ranking by the Associated Press and the USA Today's Coaches Poll. It was the highest season-ending ranking for TCU Football since 1959. TCU's 11-2 season concluded with a 17-16 victory over No. 9 Boise State in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. The 11 wins are the fourth time in six seasons the Frogs have reached that mark and the fifth time in seven years to win double-digit games.<br /><br />Led by concensus All-American defensive end Jerry Hughes, the nation's leader in sacks, the Frogs return four starters on a unit that ranked first in the country in total defense and run defense. It was second in scoring defense.<br /><br />On offense, the Frogs welcome back seven starters from a group that set program records in points scored (437) and touchdowns (56).<br /><br />MWC Pre-season Poll<br />(First Place votes are in parantheses)<br />1. TCU (15) - 207<br />2. BYU (6) - 190<br />3. Utah (3) - 179<br />4. Air Force - 130<br />5. UNLV - 108<br />6. Colorado State - 107<br />7. New Mexico - 60<br />8. San Diego State - 53<br />9. Wyoming - 46The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-77446939662812239142009-07-16T14:29:00.013-05:002009-07-16T15:19:05.185-05:00Statue of Charles Tandy moved to TCU this morning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sdnCRNkzTrFVVYTpovSEqW9dRkKWDbtHzNvxU55T_6f0YYvJtl1_Lqjb91-24zTDkC6aZYsk-8tf7Yg32nIoB-Gq6xyU9DOPyP-teJADTB1biRmW3gHM4ybdecpyiL0PGFCbPkRnjyc/s1600-h/unveiling7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sdnCRNkzTrFVVYTpovSEqW9dRkKWDbtHzNvxU55T_6f0YYvJtl1_Lqjb91-24zTDkC6aZYsk-8tf7Yg32nIoB-Gq6xyU9DOPyP-teJADTB1biRmW3gHM4ybdecpyiL0PGFCbPkRnjyc/s320/unveiling7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359154348380516258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Charles Tandy arrived early, about 8 a.m., wrapped like a corpse. His trademark stogie still dangled between two fingers. His other hand was shoved confidently in his pocket.<br /><br />It was moving day.<br /><br />After the harnesses strapped around his head and groin were removed, the 8-foot bronze likeness of the late Tandy Corporation founder and Fort Worth philanthropist was secured in its new home on the west side of Tandy Hall early this afternoon. It took a forklift ride from the street and a four-hour, labor-intensive process to turn him into position, drill holes for his base and lower him onto his new perch.<br /><br />Once he got situated, he stood with authority overseeing the lawn between Tandy Hall and the Tucker Technology Center, seemingly right at home. The statue will be officially dedicated in September.<br /><br />"Great cities need great universities," said O. Homer Erekson, dean of the Neeley School of Business. "Charles Tandy was a giant who helped build this great community, and the Neeley School aspires to the kind of great institution that would honor Mr. Tandy's legacy. We're tremendously honored to have the statue of his likeness here on the TCU campus."<br /><br />The statue had spent almost three decades of gazing northward across the Trinity River from its longtime vantage point in Paddock Park behind the Tarrant County Courthouse. On July 7, it was removed for restoration and cleaning before arriving on campus.<br /><br />Artist Jim Reno sculpted the $300,000 statue 28 years ago; it was a gift to Fort Worth from the Burnett-Tandy Foundation, which Anne Burnett Tandy established after her husband’s death in 1978.<br /><br />Though it has been moved, the statue remains in the Fort Worth Public Art collection and is owned by the city. A $30,000 grant from the Burnett-Tandy Foundation is paying for moving expenses and reinstallation. The foundation chipped in $3,000 more for maintenance and preservation work for its first years at TCU, according to Jenny Conn, collection manager for Fort Worth Public Art.<br /><br />TCU and the city are still negotiating costs for ongoing maintenance, Conn said, amounting to about $700 every 12 to 16 months. Every seven years, the statue requires a coat of preservative for around $1,500.<br /><br />The university is providing the design, engineering and fabrication of the new pedestal, as well as lighting and any landscaping or irrigation modifications needed after the installation.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This report contains material from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.<br /></span><span><br />See more photos at <a href="http://www.magazine.tcu.edu/OnCampus/Article.aspx?ArticleId=51">http://www.magazine.tcu.edu/OnCampus/Article.aspx?ArticleId=51.</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /></span>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-90385694266158645322009-07-15T10:27:00.004-05:002009-07-15T10:33:58.329-05:00New name for Journalism news labThe Schieffer School of Journalism is now referring to the new multimedia all-purpose room on the second floor of Moudy South as the “Convergence Center.”<br /> <p class="x_MsoNormal">Scheduled to open in mid-August, it has been described on architectural drawings in the past as the “Converged News Room” and elsewhere as the Convergence News Center or the Converged News Lab. "None quite fits its expansive mission – a lab for creating news content, a lab for creating Strategic Communication content, a learning center, a newsroom for student media, a broadcast facility for both radio and television and a showcase for the university," said John Lumpkin, director of the Schieffer School.</p> The contractor is scheduled to turn over the first phase of the construction on July 24, after it passes city inspection.The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-24456346098900882862009-07-08T23:44:00.003-05:002009-07-09T02:19:50.258-05:00Power washing Sadler; bricking Scharbauer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR2CnWJOw9yEAavrUFocnDun_qD5HeTbhkVbjCmpDOP9zKBGsTHFslKVfGvx6GJ1ScwOF0Kh5juoKf9P6d_MY6vNnMVPirmaMLt5rUv1UP16M6th9V9X9qH3hHwnDQ-pSzQXOb81-B0E/s1600-h/P1010418.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR2CnWJOw9yEAavrUFocnDun_qD5HeTbhkVbjCmpDOP9zKBGsTHFslKVfGvx6GJ1ScwOF0Kh5juoKf9P6d_MY6vNnMVPirmaMLt5rUv1UP16M6th9V9X9qH3hHwnDQ-pSzQXOb81-B0E/s320/P1010418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356356359595325970" border="0" /></a>Using power washers and brushes, utility crews worked today to clean up the outside of Sadler Hall. Built-up grime was not hard to see, as workers stood atop three cranes on the building's front, back and south sides. The work will be completed by week's end.<br /><br />Meanwhile, crews have built a wood ramp on the north side of the front steps to make the building accessible to the disabled on side facing University Drive. Additionally, on the Sadler lobby steps, a lift has been installed, although it is not yet operational. The ramp in the back of Sadler which led to the old post office remains.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pQ0OOjkIVlron9zi1N9qrhlkVIMYqYThvx3ZQHQ5Ql6lXkG8yvX4GZlBfqHopVpTxEPafrFNcZX0lI4GMggWOdjEpZqGd9AOXr0wZ7OFI6ZYcNtE3Lned0ZUkdjcYyzIsJdlw3Y2w-A/s1600-h/P1010413.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pQ0OOjkIVlron9zi1N9qrhlkVIMYqYThvx3ZQHQ5Ql6lXkG8yvX4GZlBfqHopVpTxEPafrFNcZX0lI4GMggWOdjEpZqGd9AOXr0wZ7OFI6ZYcNtE3Lned0ZUkdjcYyzIsJdlw3Y2w-A/s320/P1010413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356356362930638098" border="0" /></a><br />Other construction workers continued bricking the outside of Scharbauer Hall and adding the concrete seal adornments on the building's facade, which now mirrors the Brown-Lupton University Union. (And no, the magazine simply will not use the union's unfortunately common acronym.) Scharbauer Hall will open in January 2010 as the home to the John V. Roach Honors College.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGOuhSiIGAZwFs-t7qt5cBNz5tmwDKnstMGMhVWTTaIytHl9oXzbRDZLnmwEuoKdEMPgGWcDjgoDC6a4uR4PE5TbCJh7rDsH-ugfUXg3K4EYvUS5UJDl_UEgjLuZU29F4qQVskESuBfQ/s1600-h/P1010421.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGOuhSiIGAZwFs-t7qt5cBNz5tmwDKnstMGMhVWTTaIytHl9oXzbRDZLnmwEuoKdEMPgGWcDjgoDC6a4uR4PE5TbCJh7rDsH-ugfUXg3K4EYvUS5UJDl_UEgjLuZU29F4qQVskESuBfQ/s320/P1010421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356356372135810786" border="0" /></a>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-60623958139517371862009-06-28T23:53:00.003-05:002009-06-29T09:06:07.092-05:00Shakespeare Festival endsAfter three weeks and 20 performances, the first Trinity Shakespeare Festival at TCU ended Sunday night. The festival, which included productions of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet in repertory, will return in June 2010, thanks to a grant through the university's Vision In Action effort. The festival is currently seeking funding beyond that.The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-51996809679441933362009-06-26T12:20:00.009-05:002009-06-29T09:01:32.941-05:00LaDainian Tomlinson back on campus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwCCV-wmfv1Vj0zavbMWSKTGt0_2J1RajEagHUw0wPneN_hU4mvuRj5IePbKqmG3-arofE7JFyQ7Z59zvdLtDmHBp2GC12KkEUmKXiI2MlI43RbIV2dVK8HfYTjqLDgxoa6I6LmQaSD8/s1600-h/Lt+presser.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwCCV-wmfv1Vj0zavbMWSKTGt0_2J1RajEagHUw0wPneN_hU4mvuRj5IePbKqmG3-arofE7JFyQ7Z59zvdLtDmHBp2GC12KkEUmKXiI2MlI43RbIV2dVK8HfYTjqLDgxoa6I6LmQaSD8/s320/Lt+presser.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351701125614600114" border="0" /></a><br />TCU football All-American and current San Diego Chargers All-Pro running back LaDainian Tomlinson was on campus yesterday for an appearance at his annual summer camp in Fort Worth. LT went to every age group, making hand-offs to every camper and frequently saluting the kids' good form and stance.<br /><br />About an hour later, Tomlinson spent about 15 minutes taking questions from the media. Having been away from campus since last summer, he remarked about the new Dutch Meyer Athletics Complex and Abe Martin Academic Enhancement Center.<br /><br />“It’s good to be back at TCU again. They’ve done a great job with this place, building suites and everything else. Now, just looking for that BCS game."<br /><br />Asked what had changed about TCU since his senior season nine years ago, he commented on the pictures of old Horned Frog heroes.<br /><br />“What I see more than anything is the history. That’s the way that it should be. I love to see what they’ve done to the place with all the academic centers and the other things that have changed since I’ve been here. I’m looking forward to being around a little bit more as I go into the twilight of my career and then retirement, to come back here and watch some football games and tailgate. I’ve never been able to do that, so maybe in another five years or so.”<br /><br />And, of course, having turned 30 on Tuesday, he answered a few questions about his future in the NFL and if he was slowing down.<br /><br />“One thing that happens to guys as they get older is their energy level starts to decrease. It’s just human nature. Guys can’t work out like they use to. I don’t necessarily think that’s how it’s been for me. I’ve been fortunate enough to not have any surgeries. My body still feels good and I work out just as hard as I use to. For me, that’s how I judge if I’m starting to slow down.”<br /><br />Tomlinson also addressed the additional scrutiny he felt last season, in which he was injured.<br /><br /><em></em> “I can’t tell you how I feel inside, but I read the magazines. I’m just wondering what they’re going to say when I go out and lead the league again and win a Super Bowl. To me, that’s the number one goal. I haven’t won a championship yet and I said when I first got to San Diego that I wanted to bring a championship to the city, to the fans, and to the organization. I just have to finish what I started.”<br /><br />He also teased a fun wrinkle the Chargers may have in store in the upcoming season.<br /><br /><em></em><em></em>“We’re doing the Wildcat [formation], but we’re calling it the ‘Frog.’ I’m lining up at quarterback. I’ve been getting on (head coach) Norv (Turner) about not letting me throw. He promised me that I’m going to throw two touchdowns this year.”<br /><br />LT also gave a 20-minute Q and A with Frog Club Director John Denton at a meeting of the Committee to Back the Frogs. Invariably, the conversation turned to Tomlinson's NCAA-record 406-yard rushing game against UTEP in November 1999. But interestingly, it was a low point in that game that he remembers most.<br /><br />"I remember late in the first half, we had the ball and I fumbled. They got the ball and went in and scored right before halftime to tie the game. In the locker room, Coach Fran got on my case, saying, 'Don't fumble the ball!' That got my focus back where it should have been, and I went out and got the record the second half."<br /><br />He also joked with current head coach Gary Patterson, who was in the audience.<br /><br />"We started getting good as we started getting depth. But I think Coach Patterson had 70 guys on defense, and we only got 30 for the offense. In practice, I think he was trying to put 12 or 13 guys out there."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KaXg-iRmtRiBY4CZeCHr2N4nZiVvVqCvKVdlSIhvz_PWvEzm63ei0Df7Z-UymAPrlStJGqm7ckHlNrkaUCsMeMhJsYdoWaZKJi2qSxmd-pAyaPjwMIH6f43C_y5KPJEgMGI7csdu44k/s1600-h/LT+meeting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KaXg-iRmtRiBY4CZeCHr2N4nZiVvVqCvKVdlSIhvz_PWvEzm63ei0Df7Z-UymAPrlStJGqm7ckHlNrkaUCsMeMhJsYdoWaZKJi2qSxmd-pAyaPjwMIH6f43C_y5KPJEgMGI7csdu44k/s320/LT+meeting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351701128053752482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9279LR0SpoKkWSEEGbWnjAQosiRet_qoZcmmXhWgWyQJgE5ByomECsJ9oG2qwPfbzvUvXNzNnfHxGmNfFyINrZGkAg5Wi8r95GL4wVJc4huZh2JNHW7-YDxqFQONbkJhpf8HweidacZw/s1600-h/LT+Camp+2a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9279LR0SpoKkWSEEGbWnjAQosiRet_qoZcmmXhWgWyQJgE5ByomECsJ9oG2qwPfbzvUvXNzNnfHxGmNfFyINrZGkAg5Wi8r95GL4wVJc4huZh2JNHW7-YDxqFQONbkJhpf8HweidacZw/s320/LT+Camp+2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351699512925389970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_OwBywPL59_sbKy75VZ3GkcIY32PIVsOFe1g0UwEDjtkNx0EnTwMufb8G6FZAG8L0sJOenFmC-8qCmFWY88zUqsJ2DVkGoFXqARSnJagqemRSZYfzVhBvYhP5Cr5nI8Mh9TDiNf2sfY/s1600-h/LT+Camp+1a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_OwBywPL59_sbKy75VZ3GkcIY32PIVsOFe1g0UwEDjtkNx0EnTwMufb8G6FZAG8L0sJOenFmC-8qCmFWY88zUqsJ2DVkGoFXqARSnJagqemRSZYfzVhBvYhP5Cr5nI8Mh9TDiNf2sfY/s320/LT+Camp+1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351701119400289218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsggffEAcsPefC2n-E2V-LBb-6eKsJtgKX1b49eYCvYbGqyMuDU2t9PT2gB5qMm6TcnjGK397Bq1nSkdTl-8WGfC9vhhrgUgD2iMt2539UCh4y-L-XDnJjGIGplQ8pm_YW5mr5mUjKQgY/s1600-h/LT+Camp+5a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsggffEAcsPefC2n-E2V-LBb-6eKsJtgKX1b49eYCvYbGqyMuDU2t9PT2gB5qMm6TcnjGK397Bq1nSkdTl-8WGfC9vhhrgUgD2iMt2539UCh4y-L-XDnJjGIGplQ8pm_YW5mr5mUjKQgY/s320/LT+Camp+5a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351701126496155250" border="0" /></a>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501599119574532493.post-25111500793085922582009-06-26T12:20:00.007-05:002009-06-26T13:15:33.539-05:00Uber Geek Kids Capture TCUMy son, Will, just finished Uber Geek Computer Camp offered this week through Extended Education. He and a dozen or so other 5th and 6th graders were assigned to take photos around campus then create a slideshow with music.<div>Will was very excited about his work - a budding Steven Spielberg I'm sure - and devised an elaborate script with the evil bird empire fighting the friendly kingdom of squirrels. The concept had to be partially scrapped when the birds refused to cooperate, but here's the final edit of his work titled "The Bad, the Good and the Cool Things of TCU."</div><div>See how have images around campus you recognize.</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzOmj_PXri631Jpwq4Us64R1XomOdNFPdhzREA2maCq-ABM9vbwaIHjqJ5Hj5nMP1Vmj63aX1qDFrJ7Ly16CQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>The TCU Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604177579636045487noreply@blogger.com0