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A recent death and the arrest of a
TCU student on suspicion of intoxication
manslaughter reminds us of our duty to
our community and its future.
The TCU mission statement calls all
students to be responsible citizens, but
what does that really mean?
The phrasing seems vague, but the
practice of responsible citizenship can
sometimes be lost in the ambiguity.
This past weekend, a tragedy just one
mile away from our campus showed
the impact our choices can have on our
community.
A TCU student was arrested on
suspicion of intoxication manslaughter
by the Fort Worth police after a car crash
that killed a 46-year old woman.
We live in an age where the consequences of drunk driving are well
documented and publicized, but many
students across the country continue to
ignore the dangers of their actions.
A 2010 study conducted by the
University of Maryland’s School of Public
Health found that one in five college
students admitted to driving while drunk
and 40 percent admitted to riding with a
drunk driver.
More than 19 million students were
enrolled in college in 2010, so that's
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Alcohol and
responsibility:
Do they mix?
almost 4 million drunk college students
behind the wheel.
A 2009 report from the Boston
University of Public Health echoed this
assessment, estimating that 3,360,000
students between the ages of 18 and 24
drive under the influence of alcohol.
It's not just about drunk driving, either.
The Boston study found that 97,000
students are victims of alcohol-related
sexual assault or date rape, and 1,825
college students between the ages of 18
and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle
crashes.
This is why initiatives like Not On My
Campus are so important at TCU, and
why the TCU Interfraternity Council is
currently implementing bystander intervention training to teach new fraternity
members about the responsibility of their
actions.
College students represent our
society's future, but alcohol-related
choices can put that future in jeopardy.
We need to remember that we are
challenged to serve as responsible
citizens, and when it comes to alcohol, it's
our responsibility to reduce alcohol-related harm in our global community.
By Evan Watson for the editorial board
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awards
TCU students take home TIPA awards
By Chris Garcia
[email protected]
TCU student media and the Horned
Frog Yearbook were recognized this
weekend by the Texas Intercollegiate
Press Association at the annual TIPA
convention, held in San Antonio.
Fifty-four awards were presented to
27 TCU students for their work during
the 2014 academic year in categories
separated by television, newspaper,
online, magazine and yearbook. This is
the largest amount of awards earned
by student media since 2008.
“It’s great to know that people
outside of the TCU bubble are looking
at my work and that it’s not something
that gets put on the backburner and
forgotten,” said Samantha Calimbahin,
a senior journalism major.
Calimbahin won five awards,
including second place in news feature
and multimedia categories.
Calimbahin said winning the awards
helped serve as a confidence booster
before graduation and that it helps
ease the transition into the post-graduate work environment.
Junior journalism major Joey
McReynolds said the competitions
held by TIPA were good benchmarks to
compare his work to.
McReynolds entered the TV news
and video contest, winning first place,
and said there was a noticeable
improvement in the work he submitted
this year from the work he submitted in
the same competition two years prior.
“As a professor, it makes me proud
“It’s great to know that
people outside of the TCU
bubble are looking at
my work and that it’s not
something that gest put
on the backburner and
forgotten.”
SAMANTHA CALIMBAHIN
SENIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR
to know our students feel they are
growing in their field and winning
these awards,” said Kent Chapline,
instructor and director of student
media.
Chapline heads the News Now
and Sports Now programs, which
garnered several awards, including TV
sweepstakes.
“Every group is different, and
determining the strengths of individual
students and tailoring the material to
that leads to more growth,” Chapline
said.
McReynolds said it’s not always
about the awards, however.
“The most important thing I’ve
learned is to be sure you enjoy what
you’re doing,” McReynolds said. “If you
enjoy it, you’re willing to put in more
work and do that much better.”
The full list of winners is on TCU360.
com.
court
Ex-NFL star Hernandez convicted of murder, sentenced to life
By Michelle R. Smith
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Former
New England Patriots star Aaron
Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life
in prison Wednesday for a deadly
late-night shooting, sealing the
downfall of an athlete who once had
a $40 million contract and a standout
career ahead of him.
Hernandez, 25, who had been
considered one of the top tight ends in
professional football, shook his head,
pursed his lips and sat down after
the jury forewoman pronounced him
guilty in the slaying of Odin Lloyd, a
27-year-old landscaper and amateur
weekend football player who was
dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.
Hernandez's mother, Terri, and his
fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, cried and
gasped when they heard the verdict.
Hernandez, his eyes red, mouthed to
them: "Be strong. Be strong." Lloyd's
mother also cried.
Jurors deliberated for 36 hours
over seven days before rendering
their decision, which also included
convictions on weapons charges.
"The jury found that he was just a
man who committed a brutal murder,"
District Attorney Thomas Quinn said
after the verdict. "The fact that he was
a professional athlete meant nothing
in the end."
Lloyd was shot six times early on
June 17, 2013, in a deserted industrial
park near Hernandez's home in North
Attleborough. The motive has never
been explained.
Police almost immediately zeroed
in on the former Pro Bowl athlete
because they found in Lloyd's pocket
the key to a car the NFL player had
rented. Within hours of Hernandez's
arrest, the Patriots cut him from the
team. The team declined to comment
on the verdict.
Prosecutors presented a wealth
of evidence that Hernandez was
with Lloyd at the time he was killed,
including home security video
from Hernandez's mansion, witness
testimony and cellphone records that
tracked Lloyd's movements.
Hernandez's lawyer, James Sultan,
acknowledged for the first time during
closing arguments that Hernandez
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VERDICT Former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez
listens as a prosecution witness testifies.
was there when Lloyd was killed.
But the attorney pinned the
shooting on two of Hernandez's
friends, Ernest Wallace and Carlos
Ortiz, saying his client was a "23-yearold kid" who witnessed a shocking
crime and did not know what to do.
Wallace and Ortiz will stand trial later.
Prosecutors have suggested Lloyd
may have been killed because he
knew too much about Hernandez's
alleged involvement in a 2012 drive-by
shooting in Boston that killed two.
But they were not allowed to tell the
jury that because the judge said it was
speculation.
As a result, they never offered jurors
a motive beyond saying Hernandez
appeared angry with Lloyd at a
nightclub two nights before the killing.
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City council elections characterized by uncontested races
By Libby Vincek
[email protected]
Fort Worth voters are not likely to
see much change at City Hall after next
month’s municipal elections.
Mayor Betsy Price
and three incumbent
council members are
unopposed in the
election a month from
today on May 9.
District 9’s Ann
Zadeh,
District 3’s
Price
Zim Zimmerman and
District 6’s Jungus Jordan are running
uncontested. Zimmerman and Zadeh
each represent portions of southwestern Fort Worth.
Zimmerman’s principal focus is to
maintain property taxes at their existing
levels, according to his website.
Zadeh said her priorities lie in
protecting, maintaining and improving
neighborhoods.
“My focus is to increase citizen
participation and to get more people
involved in their neighborhood of
District 9,” Zadeh said. “When you’re
active at a slow time in your neighborhood, your voice is heard more during
an eventful time.”
Her district is working on better
communication through websites and
social media platforms to gain community
input on different topics, Zadeh said.
One of the most contentious topics
this term has been the TCU overlay,
which ultimately reduced the number
of occupants in rental homes from five
to three unrelated students.
With a compromise in December,
existing properties could maintain
the original ordinance as long they
registered with the city by March 31.
Zadeh said the campus has reached
out to start working on the good
neighbor policy and that she is happy
that it is happening.
“The whole process opened a lot of
communication through students and
neighborhood residents in a positive
way,” Zadeh said.
“The university is doing a great
job with connecting students to the
community with internships and
building relationships to Fort Worth in
a way that makes them want to stay
here,” she said.
The last day to register to vote for
the spring election is today, April 9.
Early voting begins April 27 and will
go until May 5.
“The university is doing a
great job with connecting
students to the community
with internships and
building relationships to Fort
Worth in a way that makes
them want to stay here.”
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Two students arrested after fatal car crash
By Brad Hardcastle
[email protected]
The two TCU students arrested
after a fatal car crash Saturday
night were not coming from an SAE
fraternity event, the vice chancellor
for Student Affairs said this week.
Vice Chancellor Kathy Cavins-Tull
said Monday there was no sanctioned
Sigma Alpha Epsilon event held on
Saturday.
She wrote in an email the university
is in a “process of information
gathering.”
“It will be determined by our
Dean’s office what needs to happen
in relation to the Student Code of
Conduct, but either or both students
may be charged with violations of our
code,” she stated.
Marketing and Communication
Interim Director Holly Ellman wrote
in an email that TCU cannot disclose
any additional information due to the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act.
TCU students Jonathan “Luke”
Reed, 22, and John Morgan, 23,
were arrested Saturday after their
involvement with a car crash that
killed Elena Infante De Flores, 46,
according to the Fort Worth police
report.
The driver of the 2008 Chevrolet
Tahoe, which collided with Infante De
Flores’ 2003 Saturn Vue, Reed, 22, was
arrested on suspicion of intoxication
manslaughter, according to the police
report.
In the passenger seat of the Tahoe
was fellow TCU student John Morgan,
23. According to the police report,
Morgan was arrested on suspicion of
public intoxication.
The wreck was at the intersection
of Benbrook Boulevard, Granbury
Road, McCart Avenue and Cleburne
Avenue at 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
Morgan was released from the Fort
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STREET VIEW The accident was located on the intersection of Benbrook Boulevard,
Granbury Road, McCart Avenue and Cleburne Avenue.
Worth City Jail Saturday night. Reed
was sent to Mansfield Jail and was
released after he posted bond.
Both Reed and Morgan are in their
senior year at TCU. The two men are
still enrolled in the university for the
spring semester, Cavins-Tull said in an
email.
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April 17, 2015
12-4:30 pm in the Tucker Technology Center
Outstanding undergraduate and graduate research
Sid W. Richardson Building
Lecture Hall 1 5-6 pm
Entertainment, art exhibit, and free food!
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campus wellness
Women combat “fat talk” and “thin ideals” through The Body Project
By Samirah Swalen
[email protected]
A new campus initiative is
addressing a familiar problem
in a unique way. Women at TCU
are responding to unrealistic
beauty standards by helping peers
achieve positive body image and
self-acceptance.
The Trend
Rates of reported eating
disorders are increasing on college
campuses across the country.
Eric Wood, associate director of
the Counseling and Mental Health
Center, said there are estimates
that 25 percent of all college
students have experienced the
symptoms of an eating disorder and
75 percent of all college students
report a perception that they need
to lose weight.
“The rates are trending upwards.
Most schools are reporting more
cases,” Wood said.
The upward trend in the number
of reported eating disorders is not
necessarily a bad thing, however.
Wood said the existence of
eating disorders has become more
accepted and talked about, making
it more likely for students to seek
help.
According to a 2013 survey done
by the National Eating Disorder
Association, 95 percent of schools
are reporting an increase in the
number of students utilizing their
mental health services.
One of the most common
barriers to treating eating
disorders, according to the NEDA,
is the stigma associated with
reporting an illness.
The NEDA survey says, “The
cultural value placed on thinness
and normalization of dieting
behaviors in the U.S. can contribute
to hearing comments from others
that encourage and reinforce
eating disorder behaviors or family
and friends not recognizing signs
and symptoms.”
The increasing number of eating
disorder cases being reported
could be a sign that more college
students feel comfortable coming
forward and seeking treatment.
Universities are now pressed with
the task of not only treating eating
disorders, but also preventing them.
Schools are working on preventative measures that address
concerns about body image.
Campus Culture
Wood said TCU reports higher
than usual numbers of eating
disorders.
Most college counseling centers
report that an average of 5 percent
of their clients come with such
SAMIRAH SWALEN / TCU 360
MAKING A DIFFERENCE The peer leaders of the Body Project received training in order to
learn how to treat and prevent eating disorders.
SAMIRAH SWALEN / TCU 360
PEER LEADERS The students trained to be peer leaders of the Body Project.
concerns. TCU’s average is about 8
percent.
Wood says this is common for
many private schools.
“Some think it’s the dynamics of
private schools such as a sense of
high achievement, strive for perfectionism, plus the more available
resources that could foster such
things,” Wood said.
TCU’s eating disorder rate may
be average compared to other
private schools, but women say they
feel like TCU’s beauty standards are
far too high.
In 2011, TCU was ranked at
21 on the most beautiful list of
the Newsweek and Daily Beast’s
College Rankings.
Last week, Total Frat Move listed
TCU in its list of “Universities with
the Hottest Girls.”
Although these rankings
only represent stereotypes and
false beauty ideals, they can be
detrimental to the mental health of
collegiate women.
Nicole Bell, a junior movement
science major, said these rankings
put a lot of pressure on girls to
keep that image up.
“You’re more aware of it at TCU,”
Bell said. “There’s a lot of emphasis
for this skinny ideal.”
Bell said the she notices the
pressure on her friends to look a
certain way when they go out or
get their “skinny side” when taking
pictures.
“There is such a focus on how
you look. It’s more prominent here
than it is on other campuses, and
I definitely think it needs to be
addressed,” Bell said.
Addressing the Need
Amanda Swartz, a psychologist in
the Counseling and Mental Health
Center, saw the need for a program
that addressed body image at TCU.
After learning about an initiative
called “The Body Project” at a few
conferences, Swartz was contacted
by the Eating Recovery Center of
Denver, the researcher and current
sponsor of the project.
“Unfortunately, a young lady in
North Texas passed away from an
eating disorder last summer and
in her name and honor, her family
wanted to bring this program to
four North Texas universities,”
Swartz said.
That grant helped bring this
program to TCU. It covered the
majority of the cost of the training.
The Body Project differs from
many other programs designed to
address eating disorders. Unlike
other approaches, the program
does not use scare tactics or make
food and dieting the focus of the
conversation.
“Research shows that this
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Reddick elected president; Taylor, Thompson in run-off
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Austin Taylor
Ryker Thompson
Year: Junior
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Hometown: Stephenville, Texas
Major/Minor: Political Science and Philosophy/
Energy Technology and Management Minor
Major/Minor: Finance
Past SGA positions:
AddRan Representative 3 years. Academic Affairs Committee, Finance
Committee, Sustainability Committee.
Past SGA Positions:
JVR Honors College Representative, Neeley School of Business Representative,
Academic Affairs Committee Member, Finance Committee Member, Frog Aides
Other Campus Activities: Orientation Leader, Pre-Law Club, Delta Tau Delta,
Philosophy Club, Energy Club
Other Campus Involvement:
2015 Orientation Leader, Clark Hall Resident Assistant, Government Affairs
and Advocacy Program, TCU Ambassador, Honors Cabinet, Facilities Master Plan
Committee
Why I’m running for Student Body Office:
​I want to be a resource to students and organizations to implement our
internal goals quickly and efficiently. Students want trustworthy infrastructure to
get things done, voice to feel empowered and active in decisions, and ability to
become involved and control their identity. I can provide these things and allow
students to implement their ideas and projects.
Why I’m running for Student Body Office:
I believe in the ability of SGA to make real sustainable progress to continue to
make TCU the best university possible. I see SGA as an opportunity to improve
the campus for the current student body, faculty, staff, administration, alumni,
and future students. The passion I have for TCU is obvious. I bleed purple and am
honored to call myself a Horned Frog.
House of Student Representatives
PHOTO COURTESY OF MADDIE REDDICK
PRESIDENT ELECT Maddie Reddick, recently elected student body president, poses with constituents in front of the Frog fountain. Reddick featured photos with voters on her
Facebook page each day of the campaign.
By Donald Griffin
[email protected]
After a two weeks of intense
campaigning, junior Maddie Reddick
emerged victorious as the 2015-2016
student body president.
After tallying the 2603 total votes,
the SGA Elections and Regulations
committee announced the elected
student body officers Wednesday
afternoon, with the exception of vice
president of operations.
Austin Taylor and Ryker Thompson
will have a run-off election for
vice-president of operations. The poll
will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on
Monday, according to elections and
regulations commitee chair Luke
Erwin.
Thompson received 1,090 votes,
while Taylor received 709. Due to
no candidate receiving an absolute
majority, a run-off will determine this
office.
Unopposed John Paul Watson
will follow junior Lydia Longoria as
student body treasurer for 2015-2016
with 2329 votes.
Katie Phillips rounds out the
cabinet as the vice president of
external affairs. Phillips defeated
junior Bryan Tony by 84 votes.
Reddick, the current vice president
of external affairs, will follow Cody
Westphal as student body president.
She will be the only returning student
body officer. Reddick defeated Jacob
Greenstein by 268 votes.
To vote in the run-off election, the
student body will use OrgSync. It will
be similar to voting for Mr. and Miss
TCU, according to Erwin.
The student body should receive
an email in the coming days about
voting in the run-off election for vice
president of operations.
School of Business
Drew Atkins
Laura Simard
Conner Neal
Jacob Choulet
Caroline Pulliam
Amanda McFeeley
Hudson Trent
Hien Tran
Tierney Johnson
Grace Gau
Honors College
Benjamin Taylor
Rebecca Gonzalez
Julia Zellers
Sara Babineaux
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Kinsey Budagher
Ashlynn Deaton
Katherine Carvalho
Jacquelyn Hogan
Kay Klein
Ali Wittenberg
College of Science and Engineering
Rachel Hoffman
Shelby Fruge
William Mitchell
Morgan Bailie
Abby Till
Will Rudnicki
Jacob Wirfel
College of Fine Arts
Catherine Potter
Brooke Morrissy
Katie Rettig
College of Education
Maddie Jiongo
College of Communication
Lance Owens
Justin Rubenstein
Kelsey Ritchie
Lissie Kevlin
Caroline McKee
Class of 2016
Abigail Buckley
Blake Tilley
College of Liberal Arts
Yannick Tona
Ashley Hodge
Brennan Lafferty
Carson Ogle
Kristen Mohr
Bryan Tony
James Lincoln
Class of 2017
Emily Vaught
David Clark
Class of 2018
Mictchel Howard
Sarah Neal Secrest
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sports calendar. men. women. equestrian. track&field. volleyball. baseball. tennis.
get your facts straight
about TCU baseball
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TCU’s rank in the NCAA Division I
national baseball rankings. TCU is the
highest ranked school in the Big 12 with
the closest competition being Oklahoma St. at rank 15.
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The number of hits TCU had in the April
14 game against UT Arlington. The
Mavericks only had 3.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHARON ELLMAN
NEXT SEASON TCU Football unveils its new Nike Mach Speed Uniforms following the spring scrimmage on April 10.
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Baseball vs. Santa Clara
6:30 p.m. in Fort Worth
The number of at bats for the Horned
Frogs in the UT Arlington game April 14.
Evan Skoug led the team with 5 at bats.
Baseball vs. Santa
Clara
4 p.m. in Fort Worth
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Women’s Tennis vs.
Texas Tech
10 a.m. in Fort Worth
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TCU’s overall record as of April 15. The
only series they lost were against Oklahoma State and Kansas State.
Men’s Tennis v. Texas
1 p.m. in Fort Worth
Men’s Golf at the Red
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Raider Shootout
All day in Lubbock
sa18
Track at the Michael
The number of attendees at the April
14 game in UT Arlington’s Clay Gould
Ballpark.
Johnson Classic
TBA in Waco
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tu21
Baseball vs. Santa Clara
1 p.m. in Fort Worth
RYANN HARRIS / TCU 360
Baseball vs. Incarnate
MENS TENNIS Senior Will Stein celebrates during the April 11
World
game against Texas A&M. The Frogs won 4-0.
6:30 p.m. in Fort Wort
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The number of pitchers UT Arlington
went through in the April 14 game. The
Horned Frogs went through 3 pitchers.
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track
Running in Circles: TCU sprinter Sam Watts chases Olympic dream
By Samantha Calimbahin
[email protected]
The sprinter from London, England,
isn't letting his disappointments get
him off track.
“The dream,” as sprinter Sam Watts
calls the 2012 Summer Olympics, was
about to come true.
His training was going well. He was
nominated to carry the Olympic torch
through his hometown. Not to mention
the games would all take place in
London, where he had grown up his
whole life.
But Watts would never get to run
in London 2012. Instead, he would
miss weeks of training due to an ankle
injury. He would get healthy enough
to make it to the Olympic trials, only
for “the dream” to be cut short at the
semifinals. He managed to clock in at
21.2 seconds, but it wasn’t enough to
make the Olympic team.
Watts said he was heartbroken.
“I just felt like this was slipping
away from me,” he said. “This is what I
wanted to be my whole life. This is not
the way it was supposed to happen.”
And yet, Watts said the experience
made him realize that he needed to
make a change—a change that meant
traveling thousands of miles across
the sea to a university in Fort Worth,
Texas, called TCU.
A year after the 2012 Olympics,
Watts became a full-fledged Horned
Frog, living and training in America.
By his junior year, he would establish
himself as one of TCU’s top sprinters,
finishing his indoor season with First
Team All-America honors in the
200-meter dash. In January, Watts ran
a 20.69 in the event, the world’s fastest
mark at the time.
For Watts, 2015 has been a
breakout year, he said.
“Every time I step on the track, I run
faster than I ran last year,” Watts said.
“It’s definitely been a breakthrough
physically and mentally.”
Different accents
Prior to coming to TCU, Watts
said he hadn’t spent a lot of time in
America. The only time he remembers
being in America was when his family
took a trip to Florida to swim with
dolphins when he was about 10 years
old.
Watts found out about TCU through
one of his friends, long jumper
Lorraine Ugen, who had already been
training there. Ugen, who would later
win two NCAA Championships in the
long jump in 2013 and 2014, advised
Watts to come to TCU.
“She almost sold it to me with the
coaching staff and the athletes they
have here,” Watts said. “She was really
my foot in the door, but I’m so glad I
made this choice, obviously.”
When his mother, Pam Walker,
learned that he was planning on
moving to America, she said her
response was “tearful.”
“It was a fantastic opportunity, and
I saw that side of it,” she said. “I was
torn because, half of me—the mum
side of me—there’s one respect that
you actually don’t want him to go
because obviously I’ll miss him.”
Like any mother, she had reason to
worry. Watts had always lived at home
and hadn’t been outside of England,
other than for vacation.
When Watts arrived at TCU, he said
his first day was “confusing.”
Without a cell phone, he had to
navigate through campus, as his
British accent was met with strange
looks from the people around him.
“I still spoke a lot of English slang,”
he said. “I slowed down how I speak,
and I adjust how I speak to Americans
now, because I feel like if I speak in
my normal kind of voice, they don’t
understand me. I had a lot of people
just look at me very weird.”
“Every time I step on the
track, I run faster than I
ran last year. It’s definitely
been a breakthrough
physically and mentally.”
SAM WATTS
TCU SPRINTER
But Americans had their own set of
strange colloquialisms, too. Phrases
like “on the fly,” or the proverbial
Texan contraction “y’all,” were new
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOSHUA WASHINGTON
OLYMPIC DREAM TCU sprinter Sam Watts hopes to compete in Rio in 2016.
terms Watts had to get used to.
“The way of speaking, some things
really make me laugh,” he said.
He also discovered two of the
university’s biggest sports, American
football and baseball, which he knew
absolutely nothing about.
Other than the way of speaking,
Watts said the culture in America was
not too different from England, but
the moment he truly started feeling
at home was when he got on the
track.
And when his mother came to visit
for his 21st birthday, she said her
worries were put to rest.
“Once I got there, I saw the
amazing facilities, I met Coach [Darryl]
Anderson and I was reassured that he
had done the right thing,” she said.
Back on track
With “the dream” of London 2012
behind him, Watts is now focused on a
new dream: Rio 2016.
On the way, Watts has celebrated
multiple first-place finishes at TCU,
which included running the fastest
200-meter time in the world in
January. He later helped his 4x400
relay team to another win at the
Arkansas Open, posting a time of
3:06.05—the third-fastest time in
school history.
He said he looks up to professional sprinter Usain Bolt, who currently
holds the world record in the 200 with
a time of 19.19 seconds.
Watts’s 20.69 seems like only 1.5
seconds away, but Watts said cutting
down that time is harder than it looks.
Even just a fraction of a second is
crucial.
“Someone can be a long way in
front of you, and it’s just a tenth of a
second,” Watts said. “It’s very small.”
Still, Watts said he has experienced
much improvement at TCU—not just
as a runner, but as a person.
“When I came from England, I
was the most shy person,” he said. “I
couldn’t speak to people, but I feel like
I’ve really changed.”
Walker said her son has matured,
and although he might not be at the
level where he wants to be yet, he has
reaped the benefits of staying on the
track.
“When he hit a certain level, we
thought maybe he won’t want to do
it anymore because all of a sudden
you’re meeting other people and
you’re not winning all the time
because you’re now competing with
the best,” she said. “But he didn’t. He
stuck with it, and he’s having a great
life based on the fact that he has stuck
with it.”
And even if he doesn’t make it into
the 2016 Olympics, or the Olympics
after that, Watts said he’s going to
keep trying until the gold is around
his neck—even if it means running in
circles to get there.
“I want to be an Olympian,” he said.
“I want to win a gold medal at the
Olympics. That’s all there is to it.”
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New features for Daniel-Meyer Coliseum revealed
By Dusty Baker
[email protected]
TCU fans will experience significant
changes to the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
prior to tip-off for the 2015 basketball
season in October.
The DMC renovations will include
a new LED scoreboard, food court and
new concessions and bathrooms, said
TCU project manager Wes Hokanson.
In addition to the new amenities,
Hokanson said the reconstruction
plan has allowed for the floor of the
arena to be lowered by three feet. To
accommodate for the lower playing
surface, risers are being formed at a
slightly steeper angle.
The seating in the north and south
ends of the original stadium were
removed in order to lower the floor,
Hokanson said. The seating at court
level will be club seating, which
is intended to enhance the game
atmosphere for fans, said Hokanson.
The outside of the new DMC is
intended to look similar to Amon G.
Carter Stadium, Hokanson said.
“On the event level, there will be a
‘Courtside Club’ for Frog Club donors,”
Hokanson said. “This space will be
used for games, but will also be open
to those donors during football season
as it opens onto the concourse of
Amon G Carter Stadium. The physical
appearance of the outside will be much
better.”
The reconstruction project also calls
for the DMC to have a TCU sports hall of
fame. The hall is intended “for students
to learn about a lot of TCU history that
they don’t know and may not otherwise
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STADIUM RENOVATIONS The Daniel-Meyer Coliseum construction is set to finish before
the start of the fall 2015 basketball season.
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“It will be one of, if not, the marquee
basketball arena in the Big 12,”
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program works better for women
because it doesn’t actually target
eating disorders. It targets body
image and body image is something
we have proven we can change,”
Swartz said.
The program is designed for
young women to help other young
women critique beauty ideals and
gain size acceptance.
Swartz said she immediately
thought the program would be a
great fit for TCU because of the
strong leadership base and the
body image concerns on campus.
“Having a positive, prevention-based model seemed like
something that could really
improve the campus community and
the campus culture,” Swartz said.
The Body Project at TCU
The basis of the project is
rejection of the “thin ideal.”
“It’s about learning skills to
improve body image, how to negate
fat talk and look at consequences
of the thin ideal, and also what
costs we’re pitting against women
and what costs we’re challenging
each other with, and how we can
work together to improve that,”
Swartz said.
The activity-based workshops
take place in groups of 10 women.
The activities involve open
discussions and body image
challenges that ask women to do
something they usually do not do
because of body image concerns.
Peer leaders with extensive
training run these workshops.
Last month, the Body Project
trained 13 peer leaders and four
faculty members at TCU.
“The training involves them going
through the program at least three
times, and their feedback has been
spectacular,” Swartz said.
The leaders are taught skills that
help them avoid engaging in fat
talk or negative talk about their
friends or themselves.
One of the ways leaders practice
their skills is by using them in their
everyday lives.
“They were so moved by the
experience that they want to share
it with others,” Swartz said.
Women were nominated to
become peer leaders and then went
through an application process.
Kit Snyder, a sophomore English
major and one of the 13 peer
leaders, was immediately interested
in the project.
She said she was surprised at
how serious the problem was.
“You collaborate with the group
of girls around you to decide what
the perfect woman would look like,
and you see all these crazy expectations, and you quickly realize that’s
not a thing,” Kit said.
Nia Brookins, a sophomore
theatre and writing major, said
the program taught her that body
image is about perspective.
“It was really beneficial to me
in a sense that I look at myself in a
different light now,” Brookins said.
Brookins said she highly
encourages other women to go
through it.
“It’s kind of contagious. If you
think good about yourself, people
will think good about themselves
too,” Brookins said.
Rachael Capua, one of the
faculty leaders, said the biggest
benefit of the program is that
women on campus feel like they
have a safe place.
“The Body Project gives women
a place to talk about some of
these worldly ideals of being thin
or loving self, versus taking other
actions to being whatever society
says is beautiful,” Capua said.
The Body Project is planning
to run the first workshop for TCU
women this semester.
Swartz said eventually campus
organizations will have the
opportunity to send small groups of
women through the program.
“My hope is that we get a
snowball effect here. That people
who go through it see the positive
effects, see that their body image
improves, that their thinking
improves and they start to tell their
friends about it and their friends
want to go through it. We really
can create a movement to enact
positive change on campus,” Swartz
said.
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solution from 04/09
directions:
Fill in the grid so that every 3x3
box, row. and column contains
the digits 1 through 9 without
repeating numbers.
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be found at:
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tcu trivia
Sculptor Carol Thornton and three TCU students created the
Clark Brothers state in less than how many months?
a) 4
c) 6
b) 5
d) 7
*The answer can be found in today’s Marketplace ads
ACROSS
  11962 Kubrick film
  7Gullets
11 Medical theaters, for short
14 What juice may come out of?
15 Traction control
16 Certain sci-fi fighter
17 Lowly worker
18 Big African exporter of gold
19 Response that has a nice ring
to it?
20 Couldn’t turn away, say
22 Jewel case display unit
24 Risks disaster
26 Illegal place to park
27 Things with rings … that may
be ringing
28Rat-a-tat-tat
29 Stinging insects
30Inter
33 Inter ___ (European soccer
powerhouse)
36 Things you don’t want on
your license: Abbr.
37 Island in the Aegean
39 New Jersey’s Fort ___
40 Great ___
43 Actor Ed
45 Real
imp
shooting
50 Many a calendar beefcake
52 “Heaven’s ___ vault,
/ Studded with stars
unutterably bright”: Shelley
53 Impossible to fail
54 Warning before a detonation
... and a hint to 16 of this
puzzle’s answers
57 Goes on Safari, say
60 Double doubles?
61Ripley-esque
62 Impulse transmitter
64 One working for Kansas or
Alabama
66 Paris’s ___ de Rome
67Excitement
68 Valuable violins, for short
69 Ludd from whom Luddites
got their name
70 Grammy-winning James
71 “Most definitely!”
47 Start
DOWN
  1Head
  2Diagonally
  3Letter writing and sentence
diagramming, it’s said
  4“Yep, sounds about right!”
  5Races
  6Loads
  7Big inits. in Las Vegas
  8Scorpion or tick
  9Metaphor for quickspreading success
10 British W.W. II plane
11 “Star Wars” name
12 Woodchuck or chinchilla
13Caches
21 Jab or jibe
23 Pearl S. Buck heroine
24 Tiniest complaint
25Belly
31Failure
32 Feature of a big outdoor
party
34 Like a hearth
35 Emergency tool for breaking
down doors
38 Like Havarti cheese
40 Annual
April celebration
in a cabana chair,
41 Relaxing
maybe
42 Seashore flier
43 With a clean slate
44 Hotfooted it
46Considers
further, in a way
47 Marvel supervillain Norman
___ a.k.a. the Green Goblin
48 Indiana rival
49 Lost some ground
51 Kind of power
55 Tot’s rocker
56 Act like an amateur?
58 Chapter 11 event, maybe
59 Building safety feature
63 Org. supporting Common
Core
65Slaloming
shape
This solution to this crossword can be
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solution from 04/09
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Frogs say goodbye to Brachman Hall
By Bradley Amus
[email protected]
Brachman Hall got the farewell it
deserved.
The main lobby of the residence
hall was filled with alumni and current
residents Saturday, reminiscing about
the place they called home.
Brachman Hall Director Jeff
Alexander said roughly 140 alumni
and 30 current students signed up for
the event and by the looks of it, almost
everyone showed up.
Those who came back had a full
plate on their agenda. They had a
chance to tour the building, write down
some of their favorite memories and
leave their handprint on the wall.
“It just has so much history, you can
see it just looking around right now,”
Alexander said.
“They tried a lot to reach out to
former Brachman residents and bring
them back one last time, tying them
in with the modern Brachman and
bringing it full circle,” said Danny
Kolzow, a senior nursing major and
current RA.
Current Brachman Hall residents,
past residents, alumni, resident
assistants and faculty members all
showed up to get one last look at the
storied residence hall.
One alumni, Craig Taylor, class of
1987, said he has some fond memories
of the residence hall he called home
during his sophomore year at school.
He said his favorite involved some
neighbors bending the rules a bit.
“The guy that lived above me was
fracturing the rules a bit,” Taylor said.
“He had a dog.”
This isn’t the first time someone
on campus has snuck in a pet but this
resident had an interesting way of
hiding his furry friend.
“Every night we would see a
basket getting lowered by a rope,”
Taylor said. “The dog’s name was
BRADLEY AMUS / TCU 360
BRACHMAN ALUMNI LUNCH The main lobby of Brachman Hall was filled with current
residents and alumni Saturday.
Rupert and Rupert would jump out of
the basket, do his business and hop
back up.”
“It has become a home for me
the last three years,” Kolzow said. “It
would be cool to come back one day
and show it to my kids or just come
back and just look over it again but I
do realize that its better for TCU as a
whole to be taken down.”
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