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SPORTS I TODAY FEATURES I 5 SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW MEN'S FASHION Take an indepth look at the upcoming sports Find out what's hot and what's not for the season with a limited edition pull-out poster upcoming season T ^^ ■ ^ Serving Texas Christian University since 1902 C U DAILY SKIFF www.skiff.tcu.edu I Friday, January 30, 2004 I Vol. 101 • Issue 66 • Fort Worth, Texas Board of Trustees to announce whether TCU will leave C-USA The final decision whether to switch Conference, pending the school's Board Athletics Director Erie Hyman said fourth conference in 10 years. After the "Conference USA has been a fain.is conferences will be made in a meet- til trustees approving the move in its the proposed move was a "a board deci- Southwest Conference dissolved in tic marriage lor us. Hyman said. "( me ing today meeting today. sion. ll)0S, TCU joined the Western Athletic of the reasons TCU has exponentially \U Sic|>lit'ii Hawkins Mountain West officials confirmed "The due diligence has taken place," Hy- Conference for five years and then lett improved itself competitively has been [Tie Associated Press man said Thursday. "Everything has been our association with the institutions Thursday that an invitation has been ex- for Conference USA just 2 112 years ago. FORT' WORTH — Mountain West tended to TCU to become the conference's laid out to them and they will make a de- now m ii. It goes back lo all the reshuf- In November, Conference USA lost Conference commissioner Craig Thomp- ninth member. It approved, as expected, cision on what they want to do, and what's fling ot the cards. The landscape 1 five members and gained five others. son is to attend a news conference sched- the affiliation would begin during the in the best interest ot the university. changes.1 Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Mar- uled tor 1:30 p.m. today in which the 200S-06 academic year. There have been no indications that the Hyman said the proposed mine has university is "to addtess its future confer- Mountain West officials said Thompson trustees will not approve the plan when quctte and South Florida bolted to the been looked at from several perspec- ence affiliation," according to a release. would not be available tor comment until thev meet this morning. big East, then C-USA added Central TCU is set to join the Mountain West the news conference. The Mountain West would be TCU's Florida, Marshall, Rice, SMU and Tulsa. (More on C-USA. page 2) Enrollment limit boosts selectivity Capped enrollment has Btown said the student body proved to be a positive move was growing at a rate in which the toward TCU's admission campus could not accommodate, standards. "There has been an opinion B) FerreD Fields thai bigger is not always better, it's Stall Reportei lust bigger." Brown said. Since capping enrollment, Freshman music major Libby TCU has raised its enrollment Archer said she chose PCU because standards in order to maintain a ol itssi/c and academic reputation. high quality learning environ- "It has the atmosphere of a ment, turner- small sity officials "jj-,ere Jygg been an opinion university said. l but is big t at S n0t While " digger ' always bt't- enough more than ter, it's just bigger." that you 9,000 stu- don't feel dents are ex Ray Brown secluded peered to Dean ofAdmissions from apply to TCU parts ot for nexr fall, the uni- onlv 1,600 students can be admit versiry," she said. ted, Dean ot Admissions Ray Miller said since capping en- Brown said. rollment in 2002, the number ot TCU has been ranked the sec- freshman core J.issts offered have ond most selective school in Texas, increased. Brown said. TCU's capped enroll- The residence halls also did a ment has played a part in the in- better job ot planning further in Courtesy of the Office of International Education advance tor the freshman class so Archeology students (left) do hands-on work while studying abroad in Belize. The Giralda cathedral in Seville. Spain (right), is a popular cultural sight. creased selectivity of incoming students. there were no surprises. I he over- Registrar Pat Miller said this flow in housing was due in part past enrollment year, TCU re- by students not meeting the hous- ceived 7,654 applications and ing deadline. TCU offers more study abroad courses "In my fourth year at TCU, I only 1,596 students were admit- ted. Since fall 2000, the number have never heard ot an institu- Students and professors now have the Tracy Williams, education abroad coordi- their mind to a global community," she of applications has increased tion experiencing what TCU is opportunity to spend the summer in nator. said. steadily from 4,800 applications. experiencing." Brown said, Belize, China, Spain, France or Chile. 'Studs- abroad promotes international About 30 percent ol TCU students "There is a strategic planning ef- Pencil Fields I!\ Natalie Maltern awareness," Williams said. "The global study abroad at some point of their col- ton within the university to ex- f.lfieUUQtcu.edu Stafl Reportei community touches all majors." lege careers. Summer is the most popular amine all aspects of TCU to There arc new programs offered abroad Peter Worthing, head ot the China pro- time. determine whether we go up or this summer for students and professors gram, said it gives him the opportunity to There are 12 TCU programs already in down in size. Miller said. looking to expand their horizons. get paid to do his own research and teach place and 19 other affiliated programs. Brown said that while higher Enrollment Facts in a new environment. Williams said rhere is a study-abroad high school GPA's and standard • This semester: 9.000 appli- New study-abroad programs include a Professors take the knowledge they fair March S and two information sessions ized test scores are expected, a stu- cants are expected to apply research program in Belize, a history pro- learned abroad and apply it in their class Feb. 11-12 to dispel some of the myths dent must exhibit other and only 1,600 students can gram in China, a nutrition and food cul- on campus. Worthing said. about studying abroad. Issues such as for- characteristics that cannot be be admitted. ture program in France and Spain, a "Students learn more about history and eign crime, how to dress and act, costs and measured. • Last semester: 7,654 appli Spanish program in Chile and a geogra- geography of Europe in one day than they living situations will be addtessed. "One ot the most important cations were received and phy program in Southern Spam. would a whole semester here," said Jeff Williams said about 200 students signed things in the selection process is only 1.596 students were These new programs are brought forth Roet, a geography professor. up for this summer and she is expecting something that is less quantifiable admitted. by professors with ideas to expand the ex- Any experience abroad will help stu- about 100 more. 'The application deadline such as diversity. Bv diversity, I • Since fall 2000: The num- citement of their classes or by the study- dents with their professions, Williams is Feb. 27. mean the different lite experiences ber of applications has abroad department if it feels a certain class said. Natalie Hattem students can bring to TCU," increased from 4,800 to needs an international approach, said "We want to reach students to open n.a.mattern9tt u.filn Brown said. "This is what makes 7,654. TCU the institution it is today." Frats try to avoid fines Stand up guy The $2,120 charged to fraternities living in their houses, and consequently, it does not know how many ot those are al- for each empty bed in their houses has been more difficult for some fraterni- lowed to be open. has caused some frats to renegoti- ties to meet the minimum capacity, Abbott FIJI isn't the only fraternity with open ate their housing contracts with the said. While freshmen are noi allowed to live beds. university. in fraternity houses located in Worth f lills, Last semester. Delta Tau Delta was fined BY krislv I ulisti .i'l they are allowed to live in the Pi Kappa Phi about $6,300 and might have to pay more N.ill Reporter and Sigma Phi Kpsilon wings in Milton this semester, said house manager Jared Phi Gamma Delta owes $20,000 to Dante! Hall. Bradley. the university for not being able to fill Mike Russet associate dean ot Campus Bradley said the Delts' new contract re- their fraternity house and President Chris Life, said he renegotiated some fraternities' quires 21 people to live in their house, but Duty says they will owe even more alter contracts this year to have less people living there are only 17 or 18 members living this semester. in their houses, because he knew it would there. Similarly, the FIG1 contract was For every unfilled bed in a house, fra- XK difficult tor fraternities to meet the min- renegotiated to include 21 people, but ternities have to pay $2,120. Each frater- imum requirements of previous contracts. there are only 17 members living there, nity's contract states the minimum Before last tall, each fraternity had to have Duty said. number of beds rhey must fill, said Tiffany at least IS members living in their houses, Delt President Miles Freeman said the Abbott, director ot fraternity and sorority but now some are allowed to have less.