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Faculty rewards Student feedback won’t affect pay raises By Elle Cahalan said Rod Davis, manager of communica- Dorraj said a drawback could be the temp- The A&M system implemented the Stu- Staff Reporter tions media at Texas A&M. Davis said he tation for professors to make their courses dent Led Awards for Teaching Excellence and the university’s student government see easier to cater to the students because faculty last semester at its main College Station Some public universities in Texas plan to this as a positive way to acknowledge pro- whose classes are more difficult are some- campus in addition to its Kingsville and reward professors who receive high marks fessors. Others, however, including some times evaluated negatively by students who Prairie View campuses, Davis said. on student evaluations, but TCU will not faculty members, are skeptical of students are just looking for an easy A. Students were responsible for making join these efforts anytime soon, Chancellor evaluating professors and worry that this A peer-review process could help decide questionnaires, distributing them to faculty Victor Boschini said. system could encourage professors to make whether a faculty member should receive and evaluating them. The professors volun- The university is always willing to con- their courses easier. the bonus, he said. tarily chose to participate, Davis said. sider new ways to reward faculty, Boschini Manochehr Dorraj, professor of politi- “I like to think most of our students are “We purposely set this up so that it would wrote in an e-mail. However, he would like cal science, said he sees positives to A&M’s mature enough to distinguish between a be student-run,” Davis said. to see research on the subject, he added. policy, crediting the institution for rewarding good professor and an easy one,” Dorraj The student senate voted to approve At Texas A&M University, up to $10,000 good teaching and encouraging faculty to said. “But at the same time, I have come the system, while the faculty senate voted will be awarded to professors who rank invest more time in their work. However, he across faculty who get poor evaluations be- Get a recap of the men’s highest on end-of-semester evaluations, remains wary of potential dangers, he said. cause they teach a demanding course.” See Evaluations · Page 2 weekend loss against New Mexico. Sports, page 8 SAT

top 10 movies (millions of dollars) Policy lets 1 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 22 2 Underworld: Rise of 21 In ‘n’ out the Lycans students 3 Gran Torino 16 4 Hotel for Dogs 12 5 Slumdog Millionaire 11 pick scores 6 My Bloody Valentine 10 3-D 7 Inkheart 8 by test date 8 Bride Wars 7 9 The Curious Case of 6 University’s policy remains Benjamin Button despite College Board option 10 Notorious 6 — Media by Numbers By Lizzy Karoly Staff Reporter

A new SAT score-reporting option that allows students more flexibility in the college application process will not affect TCU, a university official said. The College Board option, Score Choice, allows students to decide which scores — by test date — universities will be able to see, said Wes Waggoner, di- rector of freshman admissions. Waggoner said the university will continue to use its policy of accepting applicants’ highest scores from each section, regardless of test dates. Students applying to TCU may use Score Choice to submit their scores, but it might not be in their interests to do Eric anderson / Staff Reporter so because the admissions office will Sophomore social work major Shelly Newkirk uses her meal plan to get breakfast at Market Square. A new meal plan option allows students to use their only be able to see scores from one test meal plan swipes at Bistro Burnett in the library and Sub Connection in the Neeley School of Business. date, Waggoner said. This means the university might not be seeing students’ best scores from all three sections of the test, he said. However, students will also History will remember Official: To-go option widely used have the option of using Score Choice Bush as a leader with good to send scores from multiple test dates, By Chilton Tippin will have to pay with Frog Bucks. Frank Horak, supervisor of Sub Con- intentions. he said. Staff Reporter “We’ve heard consistently that there nection, said his staff had to adapt to the Opinion, page 3 Alana Klein, a communications and was a need for food service on the east newfound sandwich demand. marketing director for the College Students are making good use of a side of campus that would be part of the “We’ve had to bring in more sandwich- Board, said colleges and universities new to-go dining option, campus offi- meal plan,” Abato said. “It seems to be es every day as the business has increased WASHINGTON — Illinois Gov. have always set their own admissions cials said. well-received thus far.” tremendously,” Horak said. Rod Blagojevich, charged with policies and with Score Choice, they Simply To-Go, which opened Jan. 19 Abato said students with the Frog Rick Flores, general manager of Din- trying to sell the U.S. Senate will continue to do so. at Sub Connection, allows students on Pass Limited plans currently cannot use ing Services, said the university decided seat formerly held by President “With Score Choice, the College any of the Silver, Gold or Platinum Frog them at Simply To-Go. The initial talks to offer Simply To-Go because students Barack Obama, considered Board is giving colleges and universi- Pass plans to purchase a pre-packaged between the university and Dining Ser- needed a convenient eatery that was both offering it to talk show star ties the opportunity to clearly express sandwich or salad meal that includes a vices did not plan for the inclusion of the on the east side of campus and covered Oprah Winfrey. their score-use practices to students on fountain beverage and the choice between Frog Pass Limited plans, she said. by the Frog Pass. — Reuters CollegeBoard.com,” Klein said. a cookie, fruit or a bag of chips for the Some students have expressed interest “We had about 32 participants on the Klein said Score Choice was designed cost of a swipe, said Legia Abato, market- in Dining Services allowing the limited first day, and it has steadily grown,” Flores Correction to reduce student stress and enhance the ing manager of Dining Services. plans to function at Simply To-Go, Abato said. A story in Friday’s Skiff test-taking experience for students. The pre-packaged meals are not made said. If Simply To-Go is successful, the Amanda Simmons, freshman business excluded a step in the But Score Choice will probably not by Sub Connection, she said, and if stu- Frog Pass Limited plans will probably be process of ratifying a dents want to order off the menu, they added to the program, Abato said. See Simply to go · Page 2 proposed sports broadcasting See Score Choices · Page 2 major. The proposal must first be approved by the Undergraduate Council, which reviews the proposal to New York Times Magazine “Year in ideas” verify it meets the minimum standards, including hours required and the specific path 17th-century economics inspire professor’s proposal for the major, before it goes By Curtis Burrhus-Clay Quinn said. greatly indebted from borrowing money before the University Council. “Having your picture Staff Reporter The online auction for wars before implementing the concept site eBay is a good way taken in the ‘New York of common assets to create a set price that today’s weather Economics professor Stephen Quinn has to illustrate this point, Times‘ without being everyone could agree on, he said. a theory about saving the economy, and Quinn said. “They took something they couldn’t sell 30 27 The New York Times Magazine noticed. “EBay makes its liv- indicted will make and turned it into something they could high low The magazine published Quinn’s theory ing on learning to sell your mom happy.” sell,” Quinn said. “The thing is, it works. — the Quinn Solution — in its “Year in Quinn one-of-a-kind things,” They did it in 1697 and again in 1711, and Freezing Rain Ideas” issue last month. Quinn said. “No one re- Stephen Quinn they took 80 percent of the British national Quinn proposes to set up a government- ally knows how much to sell a unique salt debt and reorganized it this way.” Tomorrow: Wintry Mix sponsored corporation that would swap and pepper shaker for, so you put it on eBay economics professor Quinn said getting his idea published in 39 / 32 debt for ownership of the corporation’s and find out.” The New York Times Magazine was not his Thursday: Mostly Sunny stock by putting all U.S. mortgage-backed The ultimate goal of taking these differ- get a lot of the same thing out there, the original intention. He was approached by 55 / 34 securities in one pot that would be distrib- ent assets and putting them together is to whole market can pop up fast because then Stephen Mihm, a writer for the magazine, uted in equal shares to the banks contribut- create a price that can be bought and sold, people will buy and sell because they know after Quinn posted his idea in a blog on the ing to the pool. There is a lot of debt that Quinn said. a set price.” Wall Street Journal Web site last Septem- Please banks cannot sell because those securities “All the banks give up heterogeneous Quinn said he borrowed the idea from ber, he said. He was contacted by Mihm remember to are all unique, and no one really knows assets and in return get an equal claim on the English government when it was in a to verify that it was indeed his blog post recycle this how much they should pay to buy them, a common thing,” Quinn said. “When you similar situation in the 1690s. England was newspaper. See Quinn · Page 2 2

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February. sors are very important and Evaluations Funding for the faculty awards professors are encouraged to continued from page 1 came from a grant that A&M sys- invest time into their teaching, Obama’s ease in cultures against it, he said. tem Chancellor Michael D. McK- he said. “Some faculty have said this is inney took out of a $1 million Matt Maurer, sophomore a popularity contest,” Davis said. budget. McKinney is seeking $12 business major, said he thinks weird to some, cool to others “They can say that if they want million to extend the program to that implementing such a re- to, but it’s kind of an insult to the each of Texas A&M’s nine cam- ward system at TCU could By Dahleen Glanton students, who are the ones for- puses, Davis said. potentially lower the integrity Chicago Tribune mulating the questionnaire.” Davis has not heard any com- of the staff. He said that while Frank Ashley, vice chancel- plaints from students concern- faculty may not blatantly make lor for academic affairs at Texas ing this system, and said he sides their courses easier, professors WASHINGTON — For many A&M, assisted the students in ar- with the student leadership in might curve more exams, less- young Americans, there was eas that required expertise, such supporting the idea. ening the gap between the stu- nothing special about watch- as polling the questions and cal- “These teachers don’t get paid dent who works hard and the ing President Barack Obama culating the statistics to evaluate enough, he said. “So if they do a one who just gets by. on the dance floor, bumping his them, Davis said. good job, let’s help them out and Dorraj said he would never hips against his partner’s to the Five hundred faculty members encourage them.” make his classes easier for a pay beat of Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, from the three campuses chose Such a system would probably raise, even if TCU decided to Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours.” Af- to participate and be evaluated not be necessary at TCU because adopt a system similar to that ter all, this was in keeping with last semester, Davis said. The re- good teaching is so highly val- of Texas A&M’s. the country they grew up in, a sults are currently being tabu- ued, Dorraj said. Relationships “Nothing worth while comes place where black and white cul- lated and will be released in late between students and profes- easy in life,” he said. ture meld into something wholly American. “This is why the younger gen- eration supported him,” said Ru- dolph Byrd, a professor of Afri- can-American studies at Emory to ‘reduce student stress and im- vantages to kids who can afford to University in Atlanta. Score Choices prove the test-day experience’ take the test more often. “Black culture has become part continued from page 1 with this new option, we believe Klein said the College Board of American culture for black that Score Choice will only en- doesn’t recommend students take and white youths, and culture is end up helping students, said courage more students to take the test more than twice. The or- the foundation for the formation Robert Schaeffer, the public ed- the test many more times than ganization has an extensive fee- of identity,” Byrd said. “In their ucation director of FairTest, an is necessary,” Locke wrote in an waiver program for low-income eyes, Obama is a real cool guy, Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune via MCT organization dedicated to pre- e-mail. students, she said. like Will Smith. He’s like the hip President Barack Obama dances at The Neighborhood Ball on the evening of his inau- venting the misuse of standard- Locke said they also believe Schaeffer said the College black friend you have, so it was guration as the 44th U.S. President in Washington on Jan. 20. ized tests. that students will needlessly ago- Board gives low-income families never a stretch for them to visu- “Score Choice was designed to nize over which scores to submit two fee waivers. alize him as president.” jamin Chavis, former executive dence and rhythm in his speech. ease student stress, but now it is as part of the admissions applica- Waggoner said the majority of For some Americans, Obama’s director of the NAACP who now When you hear him speak, you even more confusing and more tion process. students only take the test once ease and embrace of black cul- is the president of the Hip-Hop know that he is black.” stressful for students,” Schaeffer Waggoner said the general or twice. ture might take some getting Summit Action Network. “It says Obama sometimes stirred said. view among college admissions “TCU encourages students to used to. controversy during the cam- Score Choice adds more games- is that SAT scores belong to stu- take the test more than once, but After all, it’s safe to say that no ”You could tell paign among those who did not manship in the college admission dents, but an individual college after that it is not really neces- president in history could have that’s a black understand the meaning of his process, Schaeffer said. can create a policy that requires sary,” Waggoner said. moved as smoothly as Obama gestures. He said many schools such as students to send all of their SAT Klein said Score Choice was did on Inauguration Day between president by He was criticized when he Yale, Stanford, USC and Cornell scores. created because of an overwhelm- contrasting environments. Hours the way he was brushed his shoulder with his are just a few that will not be im- “The policy is between the ing amount of student requests after taking the oath of office in hand during a debate. It was a plementing Score Choice and will student and college,” Waggoner to have more control over their a solemn ceremony on the steps moving.” reference to a song by hip-hop stick with their own policies. said. “The student can still choose scores. of the Capitol, the president was mogul Jay-Z — an artist whose Jason Locke, a director of un- which scores to send, but that stu- Despite the student requests, busting a move at the Youth Ball Jamie Foxx music Obama has said he has on dergraduate admission at Cornell dent must decide if they are going Schaeffer said FairTest believes and slow dancing to Beyonce at actor his iPod — called “Dirt Off Your University, said the Score Choice to be in violation of the college’s that the best answer of all is to the Neighborhood Ball. In be- Shoulder,” referring to brushing program will lead to students tak- policy.” “de-emphasize standardized tests tween, he managed to perfect to a man that I not only am glad off undue criticism that is hurled ing the SAT more times than they Another controversy sur- and end the game all together,” the traditional presidential waltz to see you, but I respect you. at you. And famously, Obama should. rounding Score Choice involves The new policy will be imple- with the first lady at more stately “What it tells us about Presi- and his wife were questioned “Contrary to the College lower-income families. Schaeffer mented beginning with the March affairs such as the Commander- dent Obama is that he stands in about the fist bump they gave Board’s statement that they hoped said Score Choice gives more ad- test dates, Klein said. in-Chief Ball. the middle of two generations. each other, a common expres- His ease on the dance floor He is old enough to relate very sion of congratulations. sparked an observation from ac- well to the civil rights generation Jennifer Lena, a sociology pro- tor Jamie Foxx. “You could tell but also young enough to relate fessor at Vanderbilt University, that’s a black president by the way to the hip-hop generation, and said that while such gestures are he was moving,” Foxx cracked to that is why he got such enthusias- common among young people, the media. tic support,” Chavis said. “Obama they can be confusing to older There is no doubt, observers is the first urban president, and generations. said, that the president is at ease he celebrates what it means to “There is clearly a conversation with the vernacular and cultural live in an urban center.” going on about whether I have mannerisms commonly associ- As the hip-hop culture, born been left out or that everyone is ated with African-Americans. three decades ago in the South laughing and I don’t understand,” Obama, a Harvard-educated law- Bronx among blacks and La- Lena said. “People want to feel yer, is as comfortable conversing tinos, has become more main- included in the conversation, but with hip-hop artists as addressing stream over the past two decades, there is a big cultural divide in the world as the American presi- the gestures and lingo generated America. So the work that hap- dent. Recently during a visit to there have become more accept- pens next is to try to bridge that Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, able in the general population. It divide without changing the (cul- Obama paid his bill and answered is now common for white men to tural) things that are important “we straight” when the waitress greet one another with the broth- to America.” asked if he wanted change back. erhood clasp. These days, young Todd Boyd, a professor of race In introducing the first lady at people listen to the same music, and popular culture at the Uni- several balls, he referred to her as wear the same kinds of clothes versity of Southern California, “the one who brung me.” And at and speak the same language. said Obama’s inauguration repre- one point, he used the term “old Obama also walks with a sented a new generation coming school,” in referring to the music swagger, a motioned step com- into power. of an earlier generation. mon with young black men, ac- “If you are part of that gen- When greeting men he knew, cording to Bryant Marks, a so- eration, you expected to see Be- Obama often exchanged the cial psychologist at Morehouse yonce and Kanye West perform- “brotherhood clasp,” grabbing the College. ing at the inauguration,” Boyd other’s hand, pulling shoulders “It’s not overly done, but it’s said. “You would expect that the together and slapping the back. there,” Marks said, explaining president, as a young African- It is a gesture that was born in the that in the black community it American man married to an Af- hip-hop culture, and for many means general confidence and rican-American woman, would men, it is considered more mas- attitude in a man’s walk. “He is bring something very different to culine than hugging and more an educated black man, but there the office of the presidency than personal than a handshake. is no indication that he is selling his predecessors. The older gen- “It is a cultural hug that tran- out his blackness or compromis- eration might feel irrelevant. But scends race, shows affection, ca- ing his black identity. Like Dr. to people of this generation, it maraderie and respect,” said Ben- Martin Luther King, there is a ca- feels like a coming of age.”

nience of the new option as well. meal, she said. simply to go “A lot of my classes are over here, “Our goal is to keep the integrity continued from page 1 and I have short breaks,” Silva said. of the program,” Abato said. “It is a major, said she is a big fan of Simply Abato said students have to wait convenience option because you are To-Go. three hours after using Simply To- using it when you don’t have time to “I think it’s more convenient be- Go before they can use their swipe go to Market Square.” cause you don’t have to use Frog cards again at Market Square. The Simmons said despite having used Bucks,” she said. three-hour pause is a “meal zone,” Simply To-Go five times, the three- Emily Silva, freshman business which is the time period when stu- hour pause has not caused her any major, said she enjoyed the conve- dents will be satisfied after eating a inconveniences.

it, and it just picked up from there,” experts in their area, so it’s just nice Quinn Quinn said. to see one of them recognized.” continued from page 1 Chancellor Victor Boschini said Despite national recognition and he was excited for Quinn’s accom- peer approval, Quinn said that hasn’t before asking if the magazine could plishment and glad that he was re- been the most rewarding part of the publish his idea in its prestigious an- ceiving proper recognition for his experience. nual issue, he said. outstanding work. “The best part of the experience The issue compiles ideas that “Anytime you get something you was making my mother happy,” helped make the previous 12 months wrote in The New York Times, that’s Quinn said. “Having your picture “for better or worse,” according to a big deal,” Boschini said. “It’s a re- in The New York Times without be- the magazine. ally wonderful accomplishment. We ing indicted will make your mom “I tossed out a blog and they liked have a lot of faculty at TCU who are h appy.”

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DAILY SKIFF Editorial Board Max Landman, Editor-in-Chief Saerom Yoo, Managing Editor Julieta Chiquillo, Web Editor David Hall, Associate Editor Rose Baca, News Editor Logan Wilson, News Editor Michael Carroll, Sports Editor Jason Fochtman, Multimedia Editor opinion Chance Welch, Features Editor Katie Martinez, Opinion Editor The Skiff View Meal plan changes executed prematurely ike most recent changes to the university’s dining plan, the Simply To-Go option added last Monday has been met with both praise and criticism. LThe new option is Dining Services’ response to concerns raised by students who weren’t able to use their swipes on the east side of cam- pus. The creation of the Simply To-Go program demonstrates Dining Services’ commitment to students’ needs, and it has resolved the issue of students not being able to purchase meals while on the east side of campus. After its first week, the program seems to be a success, and some stu- dents have already expressed their appreciation for the convenience it offers. It has also increased Sub Connection’s business “tremendously,” said Frank Horak, Sub Connection supervisor. However, the new plan also has some limitations that seem unneces- sary and might actually negate the convenience factor that the plan was designed to provide. The most obvious of these limitations is the three-hour period after Nate Beeler is an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Examiner. using Simply To-Go during which students can’t use their swipe cards at Market Square. The three-hour period, which Dining Services has termed the “meal zone,” is the time in which students will be satisfied after eating, said Legia Abato, Dining Services marketing manager. Although this restriction probably won’t lead to any huge protests among the student body, it does seem unreasonable. Students should Obama’s education secretary be able to decide what they eat and when they eat, especially with their widely varying class schedules, and Dining Services should not have the authority to tell them when they are and are not satisfied after eating at has history of helping schools Sub Connection. President Barack Obama’s choice is not rooted to any education ideol- In just seven years, Another problem with the plan is that it is only available to students for Education Secretary signals two ogy other than academic excellence on the Silver, Gold and Platinum Frog Pass plans. Those on the Frog important advances in public educa- for all. It is a nimble stance that has al- Duncan boosted Pass Limited plan, which is open to Tom Brown-Pete Wright residents, tion: a push for continued reforms lowed the 44-year-old Harvard gradu- elementary test scores are left out of the program completely. and a coming period of detente in the ate to sidestep the “you’re either for us Although Dining Services continues to make changes in response to education wars. or against us” traps often present in in Chicago from 38 Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan education-reform debates. percent of students student concerns, fewer changes would be necessary if Dining Services is a change agent. He has shaken up Duncan promises to lead the na- would more fully consider their actions before implementing them. the status quo with support for charter tion’s public-education systems, from meeting standards schools, performance pay and strict kindergarten to college, with the same to 67 percent. The News editor Logan Wilson for the editorial board. accountability for struggling schools. boldness and innovation he has shown He has gotten results. in Chicago. dropout rate in the The Skiff View represents the collective opinion of the editorial board. In just seven years, Duncan boosted Duncan has been unhesitant about country’s third-largest elementary test scores in Chicago shutting down failing schools and he from 38 percent of students meeting supports paying educators for im- school system has standards to 67 percent. The drop- proved school performance. Reform- gone down every year out rate in the country’s third-largest minded superintendents across the school system has gone down every nation would find support in this under Duncan’s tenure. Bush led country year under Duncan’s tenure. nominee. A laser-like focus on academic Another thing to like about Dun- importance of “challenging the status improvement has not put him at odds can is his steadfastness. Amid angst quo, pushing the envelope and driv- with good intentions with teachers and their unions. Dun- over the No Child Left Behind Act, ing change.” Public education will can has a reputation for reaching out Duncan has remained supportive of go through some challenging times Laden, the Taliban was dismantled for the to teachers, according to Randi Wein- the law’s overarching principles. He ahead and Duncan ought not forget most part, and an effort was made to de- garten, head of the 1.4 million-mem- was among urban school superinten- his words. mocratize and stabilize the government. ber American Federation of Teachers. dents who this summer urged Con- What a difference a few years and an- Another thing to like about Duncan gress not to back away from the law’s This editorial appeared in the other war can make. is his reputation for compromise and strict accountability requirements. Philadelphia Inquirer on Jan. 16. In his January 2003 State of the Union for embracing wide-ranging reforms. During that same moment be- It was distributed by McClatchy- address, Bush said Saddam Hussein was Like the incoming president, Duncan fore Congress, Duncan stressed the Tribune News Service. chance welch trying to obtain materials for weapons of mass destruction like “yellowcake” ura- nium in Niger. But upon further inves- The sun has set on George W. Bush’s tigation, the evidence (like the “yellow- administration. The president who will cake” report that turned out to be forged) be known for his Texan accent rode off started to waver but by this time, we were Warm colors may help recession into the sunset to reside in Dallas. While already entrenched in two countries. all of this sounds like it’s straight out of a With the attention shifting to Iraq, our have studied the physical, cogni- mannequins dressed in jazzy dresses John Wayne western, his critics are busy operations in Afghanistan suffered. tive and emotional effects of colors. and shiny tanks. painting a much different picture. They Last year was the deadliest for service- So far, they found that cool colors Go head–to–toe with the play- aren’t debating whether he was a bad evoke a peaceful environment, and ground cheer or tone down a bright president but whether he was one of the ... Bush will be bright colors excite and warm the blouse with dark or neutral bottoms. worst in U.S. history. Only time will tell body. Color therapy works much like If you walk out of your house this what Bush’s legacy will be, but right now remembered as a season looking unusually bright, fun we can look at what has happened during president who had But besides buyers’ and young, rest assured that you are the past eight years. Jackie burlison doing your part to restore the econo- While the Iraq War and the war on good intentions to huge spending my and well–being of the community. terror are two important parts of it, it’s The malls were packed, elaborate spread democracy behavior, I also noticed Now skip on to the mall for a happier easy to overlook domestic policies like sale signs hung decoratively in store U.S. the No Child Left Behind Act, healthcare and aid across the windows and anxious souls swarmed the re-emergence initiatives and the economic bailout plan, the racks searching for the perfect world but whose of bright colors in Jackie Burlison is a junior fashion which will have far-reaching effects into gifts to go under the tree, but nobody merchandising major from Colleyville. the future. Sure, the events as they are misguided attempts bought much. the market. Colorful, unfolding seem to appear one way, but to follow through Despite the garland and 20–inch bubble–gum type hindsight is 20/20. snowflakes, shoppers were in low spir- In the past, historians have looked at ended up alienating its this holiday season. clothes, the kind of former presidents, like Richard Nixon his countrymen and Perhaps it’s the economy or the garments that make and Jimmy Carter, who left office with warm weather that kept wallets shut low approval ratings with a different the rest of the world. this past December. you giddy and happy perspective. Not many people are quick Whatever the reason may be, are sure to be in to point out how Nixon opened up U.S.- men in Afghanistan since the initial inva- designers don’t seem to be affected. China trade relations (for better or worse) sion in late 2001. With articles like “Biden After attending the Dallas Market style this spring. or how Carter was a pivotal part of the Arrives In Afghanistan to Discuss the Center this past weekend, I noticed Camp David Accords between Egypt and War,” which ran Jan. 10 in The New York that in the upcoming season buyers aromatherapy, and it is becoming Israel. Times suggesting we had lost our footing were in no way holding back on their equally as popular. Here’s an interesting idea: Let’s look in Afghanistan with the resurgence of the spending. During the spring fashion shows, at some of the bright spots from the past Taliban, this bright spot easily fell into Instead, they tended to buy more designers took advantage of the effects eight years. darkness. than normal, which I found very un- of colors by presenting bright and vi- Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Also announced in a 2003 State of the usual considering the hard year many brant clothing lines. Bush’s approval ratings were riding ex- Union Address was an ambitious plan to retailers faced. It made me wonder Zac Posen showed a series of wil- tremely high on the waves of patriotism. put $15 billion into the President’s Emer- — was this the right move to take lowy yellow dresses and blouses, and The administration’s first move to track gency Plan for AIDS Relief, a plan that after the huge economic downfall we John Galliano’s designs ranged in down al-Qaida’s mastermind Osama bin would end up saving millions of people recently faced? color from cherry red to lime sorbet Laden and dismantle the Taliban, which with wide-reaching treatments. But besides buyers’ huge spending greens. sheltered him in Afghanistan, was met In my mind, Bush will be remembered behavior, I also noticed the re-emer- Children’s prints are in full swing with popularity within the U.S. as a president who had good intentions gence of bright colors in the market. too, with Michael Kors’ picnic table He had a “Coalition of the Willing,” to spread democracy and aid across the Colorful, bubble–gum type clothes, plaid and Lanvin’s super–tailored, a group whose member-nations have world but whose misguided attempts to the kind of garments that make you Minnie Mouse–style polka dot dress. mostly scaled back in involvement since follow through ended up alienating his giddy and happy are sure to be in style High–end designers aren’t alone in the contentious War in Iraq. CIA analysts countrymen and the rest of the world. this spring. the color craze. Shopping mall stores suggest that the U.S. came close to captur- I suppose the theory is if we can have also started pulling out the color ing bin Laden in the mountainous region Features editor Chance Welch is a junior make people happy with clothes, then wheel. For example, the window dis- of Pakistan. Although we didn’t find bin radio-TV-film major from Fort Worth. they will shop. For years, scientists play at Express in the Hulen Mall has SXC.HU

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page 4 · Tuesday, january 27, 2009 dailyskiff.com news Layers of wall graffiti unveil stories of Iraq war By Leila Fadel of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, McClatchy Newspapers two walls tell two histories of the last six years. BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is a Fallujah nation of walls: tall concrete blast walls built during the past six years, It was in Fallujah that the U.S.- ancient mud-brick barricades that led invasion came to grief. Sunnis, date to antiquity and walls built of disenfranchised and marginalized various materials from the centu- by an invasion that gave domi- ries in between. The newest walls nance to Iraq’s Shiite majority, lost protect Iraqis from one another, but their jobs when the U.S. disbanded they also divide families. They sep- Saddam Hussein’s army and closed arate the government from the peo- factories. Homegrown rebel groups ple, and foreigners from Iraqis. allied with the foreign-led insur- The walls don’t just stand there; gents of al-Qaida in Iraq rather they’re a constantly changing re- than tolerate a Western military cord of recent history. on their soil. Idyllic murals of flowers and sce- The province rebelled, and two nic canoe rides mask bullet holes punishing U.S. offensives devas- and graffiti, and campaign posters tated Fallujah. Ultimately, though, for the candidates who are run- the province was unwilling to live ning in provincial elections Jan. under the harsh interpretation of 31 paper many of the remaining Islam that al-Qaida in Iraq en- forced after declaring the region “God knows, in a an Islamic state, and the Sunni day, in a second, Awakening movement to drive it out was born. The province is rela- things could change tively calm now. and this wall could Along the low stucco wall that snakes around the water plant, Bas- Leila Fidel via MCT change again. We sam al-Hamadi has stood guard for Bassam al Hamadi has stood guard at this wall in Fallujah, Iraq, for four years. He says the wall tells the “story of our horror.” used to see dead four years and watched the face of the wall change. to reveal what was underneath. ies thrown here. We never imag- ister Nouri al-Maliki sent the Iraqi Girls leaving school sashay past bodies thrown here. Spray-painted on the wall are the “Long live al Qaida,” it read. ined that police would control this army to attack the Mahdi Army in the graffiti toward a national police We never imagined words “God Bless Saddam.” An- “Down with the Iraqi police.” Spray are a .” southern Iraq and in Baghdad’s checkpoint at the end of the road. other layer of spray paint obscures paint masks that slogan, and there’s Amil Sadr City district, and many were Just over a year ago these check- that police would some of the words. A banner cov- new graffiti proclaiming: “Long live killed, have fled or melted away. points were manned by plain- control this area.” ers both: “Choose from those who the Anbar Revolutionists.” In the streets of the Amil neigh- Here, the writing on the wall clothes militiamen. guide you to the good, not those Hamadi gingerly restored the borhood in Baghdad, where sec- tells the Shiite story: the creation “Let it be known, Bush, that your Bassam al-Hamadi who cheat you.” It’s by the Inde- poster, which showed Abdul Sat- tarian warfare controlled the lives of the Mahdi Army and its cam- soldiers are under our control,” the Fallujah police officer pendent Bloc of One Homeland, a tar Abu Risha, a Sunni sheik who’s of poor Shiites and the few Sun- paign against the U.S. military and black-painted words read through party that opposes the decentral- credited with sowing the seeds of nis who weren’t run out, Sadr still the militia’s Shiite rivals. the white paint. The militia and the ized federal structure sought by the Awakening movement, which watches from the billboards. The A wall surrounding a girls’ man who decided to invade Iraq free surfaces. Kurds and the most powerful Shiite turned on al-Qaida in Iraq in An- firebrand Shiite cleric, who inher- school now is painted white, but the are no longer in power. Peel away the layers, however, party in Iraq, the Islamic Supreme bar province. He was killed in a car ited a grassroots movement of the outline of the black Arabic script On top of all the other layers of and you’ll find Iraq’s recent his- Council of Iraq. The Independent bombing in 2007. poor and disenfranchised from shows through. graffiti, the latest to grace the wall tory: the U.S.-led invasion nearly Bloc of One Homeland, like many Today, women in Fallujah show his dead father, is shown in prayer “Just like Saddam, Badr will in Amil is that of the national secu- six years ago, the Sunni Muslim in- Sunnis, fears that this would break their faces, and residents once again above the traffic that flows into the go,” the slogan says. The line re- rity forces, which report to Maliki. surgency, a sectarian war and now Iraq into three nations. smoke on the streets. On this wall neighborhood. fers to the Badr Organization — the “Long live the National Police.” low-level but steady violence in a It’s one party of hundreds that alone, the faces of two female pro- The Sadrists started out as the armed wing of the Islamic Supreme More layers are yet to be painted year of elections. are vying for seats on the provin- vincial council candidates smile protectors of the Shiites and a na- Council of Iraq — which has been or plastered, but some have had In two neighborhoods, one that cial council, and its slogan brings from posters. tional resistance movement, but absorbed into Iraq’s national secu- enough of the chaos and mess, surrounds a water-purification the wall into 2009, when more than “This wall tells the story of our evolved into sectarian killers and rity forces. 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NFL Great coaches make adjustments when it counts By Sam Donnellon been around — notably coach Cow- think the thing I’m the proudest of Philadelphia Daily News her, coach (Joe) Gibbs and coach is that we have good team chemistry. Dan Henning.” That’s not something you can just Coaching comparisons are inex- In his first 12 years with the Red- say you’re going to have; that’s some- act science. You win a championship skins, Gibbs got his team into four thing that develops, and it’s a credit with an emotional, wired-to-the- Super Bowls and won three. Cow- to our coaches and our players.” max guy like Tom Coughlin or Bill her needed 14 seasons to win his one Well, yeah, OK. But it comes from Cowher, well, then that’s the way to and only, denied by teams coached the top. Talking to former Eagles like go. You lose a game you should have by more stoical figures like Marv Sean Morey and Rod Hood while won with either at the helm, then Levy and Belichick. out there during the week preced- those sideline histrionics are con- Cowher was fiery. At one point in ing their NFC Championship Game, strued as unsettling to your squad. you get the impression that what Is Andy Reid’s demeanor a plus “What I’ve tried Whisenhunt does have in common or a minus? Maybe it’s a bit of both, to do is emulate with Reid is this: good for weeklong preparation, lack- There are no four-alarm contro- ing on game-day adjustments and some of the great versies in either man’s locker room, overall mojo. Tom Landry couldn’t head coaches I’ve at least among players, or players and win the big game for years and it was coaches. He benched Edgerrin James supposedly because of his stoical ap- been around — in October in favor of rookie run- proach. Bill Belichick’s sideline sto- notably coach ning back Tim Hightower, and then icism is supposed to give his team an reinserted him after the embarrass- edge. Strengths can be made to look Cowher, coach (Joe) ing late-season loss to the Patriots. like weaknesses. Weaknesses can be Gibbs and coach By Wednesday of last week, he had made to look like strengths. doused any cinders left from An- Eric Mencher / Philadelphia Inquirer via MCT So what to make of Arizona Dan Henning.” quan Boldin’s fourth-quarter pout Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid, left, meets with Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt after the Cardinals de- Cardinals second-year coach Ken in the NFC Championship Game. feated the Eagles 32-25 in the NFC Championship game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix on Jan. 18. Whisenhunt? Is he simply riding Ken Whisenhunt There is a difference in approach, a wave here, a wave his team has Arizona Cardinals coach easily seen. He holds people ac- man inactive list on game day.” importance of Eagles fans even as to provide your funders with bet- built via lack of respect from the countable in a very personal — and Here’s another big difference: His he stiffs them of any meaningful dia- ter explanations for who did what entire football community? Or is his career, it seemed to be getting in public — way. press conferences are a real exercise logue in weekly briefings. As a result, and when. he a rising star a few years ahead his way. He adjusted. Whisenhunt, Whisenhunt will call out his team in sharing. With little or no prod- you are never quite sure whether he’s Might even make you a better of schedule, taking advantage of a his assistant for the last six of those in public, as he did following an ugly ding, he will still tell you that New calling the plays or someone else is, coach. National Football Conference filled seasons, took note. 47-7 thrashing by the Patriots in late England game was “embarrassing” whether those annoying timeouts, “I’m not going to sit here and tell with good-enough teams that just “A lot of times when I’m in situa- December. Whisenhunt has, upon and that he’s “angry” about it. He’s clock burning and stalled drives are a you that we have arrived, by any couldn’t get out of their own way tions where it’s tough and you have several occasions, told the media also run victory laps around the Car- reflection of his limitations or that of stretch of the imagination, because this season? to make a tough decision or you’re what he told his players: “I said, dinals’ home dome this season, and others — like, say, the quarterback. that’s only something that time will “I don’t know that I ever saw my- faced with something that’s difficult, ‘You better be ready to practice this in truth, they are related. Yep, coaching comparisons are an tell,” Whisenhunt said. “But I think self a certain way as a head coach,” I think back to what those coaches week and play because if you’re not, Whisenhunt seems like a college inexact science. But when you use that we have a bunch of players who Whisenhunt was saying recently. would have done and what I learned you’re not going to play in the play- coach out in the desert, like a guy the same pass-first formula year after believe in what we are doing. And we “What I’ve tried to do is emulate from them. I’m very excited, obvi- off game.’ looking to establish a brand where year and all you produce is a lot of have excited people about the steps some of the great head coaches I’ve ously, that we’re at this point and I “That’s why you have the eight- none existed. Reid often cites the fizz, then it would seem reasonable we have made.”

Depression London-based school teaches optimistic interpretation of life By Laurie Goering “Sometimes we feel we had a lot inner pessimist” and moan about Chicago Tribune of education but we weren’t taught that day’s setbacks to a neighbor as anything about relationships” or headbanger music pounded. Then LONDON — The third Mon- other important life concerns, said they tried to think of three things day in January is officially the most Sophie Howarth, a former curator that had gone well during the day, depressing day of the year. That’s of modern art who now directs the big or small. according to a Cardiff University school. The drop-in classes, which Taking a few moments every psychologist’s formula that takes start at about $15 each, aim to give day to appreciate the good things into account wintry weather, un- “the education we didn’t get any- in life is a clinically proven way paid Christmas debt, failed New where else.” to fight depression, said Laurence Year’s resolutions and the ratio of The school’s inviting front win- Shorter, the course instructor and motivational levels to the amount dow is piled with books, teapots and a former businessman. Shorter has of work that needs to be done. plates of cookies; inside are works by just released a book titled “The Op- But 100 or so adult students at authors from Henry David Thoreau timist,” drawn from his conversa- London’s storefront School of Life to Studs Terkel offering advice on tions with optimistic people around were laughing off the bad news Jan. everything from turning over a new the world and his own search for 19, champagne glasses in hand, at a leaf to simply being good. “the brighter side of life” after a re- lecture on How to Be Optimistic. Downstairs, in a basement paint- lationship breakdown and a sense With Britain heading into what ed to resemble a cozy living room, the world’s bad news was becoming may be its deepest recession in 60 students sit cross-legged on the floor overwhelming. years and many people struggling to take in lectures or “sermons” on “Optimism is a style of interpret- with everything from stock market curiosity, humor, play, poetry or se- ing reality,” and bad news in par- losses to layoffs, “it’s quite natural to duction, among other topics. ticular, Shorter told the crowd. Bad feel pessimistic,” said Jo Matthews, The school also offers regular things happen; the choice is how 26, a charity marketer attending the “conversation meals” and eclectic people feel about them. lecture. “But there are quite a lot of weekend courses and outings aimed In his experience, he said, the things to appreciate in life.” at helping people discover what they most optimistic people also are the The unusual school — which love about their job or whether most realistic ones, and religious tries to get across just that message they’re in the right relationship. faith has little to do with genuine — opened in October near London’s The idea is “to raid the wealth optimism. Maintaining hope for a Russell Square, in a long-shuttered of cultural experience from phi- better future is key. storefront crammed between an losophy, arts and science, and treat The evening ended as many of Internet cafe and a hair salon. It that knowledge as a way of living the School of Life courses do, with aims to give paying clients a place today,” Howarth said. “It’s kind of all the crowd engrossed in conversa- “to think about the big questions,” incredibly obvious, but that’s what tion and only reluctantly leaving. which include: what constitutes a people find refreshing.” “There should be more stuff like meaningful job, how to live an ethi- On Blue Monday, as the bleakest this,” said student Immanuel Bry- cal life, how to cope with and enjoy day of the year is known in Lon- son-Haynes, 25, a semiprofessional family, love relationships, politics don, students at the optimism lec- race car driver. “There’s too much and play. ture were urged to “unleash their serious stuff in the world.” page 6 · Tuesday, january 27, 2009 dailyskiff.com

Welcome “The Uninvited.” features Friday Family, music among Niutei’s loves Review By Callie Mason his ukulele. Swaying back and forth as he Staff Reporter sings songs from every genre of mu- Three 6 Mafia rapper now a solo standout sic, he puts his own island spin on Balancing football, family, school and his ukulele is more Shaggy’s “Angel” and Bob Marley By Chance Welch mous was said to be in jail, and with his absence than most can imagine. classics. Features Editor the group hasn’t really retained that gritty dark For Henry Niutei, however, it is a part “I think that my brothers play sound that defined them in their early years. For of his daily life. better than me,” Henry Niutei Lord Infamous (real name: Ricky Dunigan) purists and hardcore fans alike, Infamous still Henry Niutei, a junior communica- said. worked his way up with the group Three 6 Mafia holds true to unrelenting gruesome themes and tion studies major and a nose guard for Henry Niutei first expressed from the South Memphis, Tenn., projects in the borderline satanic imagery. the Horned Frog football team, was born interest in football in elementary mid ‘90s, releasing songs with horrific themes of The album is a strong set of songs with mostly in Fort Worth but raised in Euless by his school. His parents enrolled him violence. hits and few misses, featuring collaborations from Tongan-born mother and father. The in Pee Wee football, which he said Since Infamous’ departure, his former band- other rappers on the Memphis scene like Mac Niutei Tonga is an archipelago located in the spiked his love of the game. His mates DJ Paul and Juicy J have scored more radio- Montese and II Tone. The production lends the South Pacific Ocean, south of Samoa. football career continued to Central friendly hits like “Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)” songs a style that sounds like it’s straight out of the “I like to think that I was Tongan raised, Texas made,” Junior High and then to Trinity High and an MTV reality show called “Adventures in soundtrack for “The Omen.” Sure, it’s not going Henry Niutei said. School in Euless. HollyHood.” to appeal to hip-hop crowds raised on the sleek Growing up Tongan in Euless was not as much of a cul- Fehia Niutei said the family had no Infamous has stayed busy with a solo career sounds of Timbaland and The Neptunes, but the ture shock as one might think because of the large Tongan question at all whether to enroll her son releasing records through his own label Black gritty sound lends itself toward a different target population, Henry Niutei said. in football. Rain Entertainment. While he continues audience. “We were able to continue most of our Tongan traditions Henry Niutei decided to focus all of his to collaborate with them, his third solo Songs like “Gonna Make It Shine” and “The without any questions raised,” he said. strength on football. He viewed high school album, “After Sics,” establishes him as Street” could receive radio play, but I doubt that The common attire for the Tongan culture for both men football as a chance to get out of Euless. He was a man apart. it matters that much to Infamous. His style seems and women is the “lava-lava,” a single rectangular cloth that contacted by TCU his senior year in high school The group even won an Acad- more suited to the underground, where his unique with the news that he was being offered a full-ride emy Award for their song, “It’s blend of horror can be embraced by hardcore fans. I like to think that scholarship to play football. Hard out Here for a Pimp,” With “After Sics,” Infamous has effectively “We were so excited and blessed. We concentrated I was Tongan raised, from the “Hustle and stepped out of Three 6 Mafia’s shadow. Fans hop- many of our prayers to our God that he would continue Flow” film soundtrack. ing for a reunion will have to wait, but this album Texas made. to guide and lead Henry where he was supposed to At that time, Infa- can tide them over until then. be,” Fehia Niutei said. “We know God blessed Henry Henry Niutei and our family with the opportunity to get his educa- Frogs’ nose guard tion paid for.” Henry Niutei said that family is one of the most is worn much like a kilt or skirt. Henry Niutei still wears important aspects of the Tongan culture and that being his lava-lava when he attends church in Euless. close to his family helped seal his conclusion to accept “Sometimes I wear it around my room at school,” he said. the opportunity at TCU. Josh Vernon, an offensive “My roommates are used to it by now. It is really comfort- guard on the TCU football team, said that Henry Niutei able. I think that I am very privileged because of my Ton- has a way to make everyone feel like they are doing gan-American roots. I get the benefits of both worlds.” well. It is really important to him to include everyone Henry’s mother, Fehia Niutei, said that it was very im- on the team, he said. portant to her that her son continues the traditions from Football continues to influence Henry Niutei in a Tonga. positive way. Having a chance to be a part of a football “We accept the American traditions as well, but we do team enhances his ability to bond with people that he not want to lose our Tongan roots,” Fehia Niutei said. may not normally be able to, Henry Niutei said. The ukulele is a staple of the Tongan culture. Music plays “Football creates teamwork and unity. That is why I a large role in many traditional festivities, Henry Niutei like it so much,” Henry Niutei said. said. Growing up with the Tongan influence meant that Carie Kapellusch, an adjunct professor in communica- there was always a ukulele or a guitar lying around the tion studies, said that Henry Niutei’s imposing size is an Niutei household. advantage on the football field but can be a disadvantage “I do not remember who taught me how to play. It seems off the field. She said his size automatically stereotypes like everyone in my family plays the ukulele so I think that him as a typical football player but Henry Niutei is some- I just picked it up,” Henry Niutei said. one different than who he appears to be. He is all smiles as the music flows from the strings of “He is a bit of a gentle giant,” Kapellusch said. Moxiestar.net

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What film won the most awards Name the only three women to be makes ‘Wendy and Lucy’ without winning Best Picture? nominated for Best Director.

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10-14 correct = say that somehow, thanks to Jennifer Aniston and Owen You usually win at an extraordinary performance Wilson. There isn’t a moment Trivial Pursuit What three films won the top Who are the youngest and from Michelle Williams and an in “Wendy and Lucy” when it five awards (picture, director, oldest persons to have been exceptionally deft hand from even occurs to think of Williams writing, actor and actress)? nominated for an acting Oscar? her director, this low-budget as the sad-eyed mom of the late 6-10 correct = You’ve watched a and loping little film is a genuine Heath Ledger’s child. The actress few Oscar telecasts heartbreaker. completely loses herself in the in your day What two films were nominated What is the shortest A meditation on loneliness role, and does so in ways that are for 11 awards each, only to Oscar-winning performance? and an unsentimental — and delicate and indrawn. walk home with nothing? 1-5 correct = scarily timely — examination of There’s a pivotal scene with You were bound to the thin divide between those Williams’ character curled up in get some right What was the first color film to win Best Who holds the record for appearing in with jobs and homes and those a sleeping bag, in the woods of Picture and what was the last black and the most films before winning an Oscar? without, “Wendy and Lucy” has a park, when a menacing figure white film to win Best Picture? a quiet resonance that fans of Re- approaches. Reichardt closes in 0 correct = Where’s the sports ichardt’s “Old Joy” will recognize. on Williams’ face, and its look trivia? But where the filmmaker’s of fear and defenselessness and What film, which won the Oscar for Best What two actors won Oscars for playing 2006 piece about two old pals aching aloneness is staggering. Foreign Language Film, is the longest movie the same person, but in different movies? taking a hike in the woods (same There’s not a word uttered, and to win an award backdrop, the Pacific Northwest) yet the actress, nearly as still as a (7 hours and 33 minutes)? examined the bonds of friend- statue, practically wails. ship through a stoner haze, Wendy and Lucy was written “Wendy and Lucy” describes the by Reichardt with Jon Raymond, What individual has won Name the only two Best Actor desperate solitude of a woman adapting his story “Train Choir,” the most awards? winners to direct their own whose emotions are clamped and the film has the telling Oscar-winning performance. down tight, and whose one details, the seemingly ordinary real “friend” is her rangy mutt. exchanges, of a great short story. What two Hollywood families What was the last film to Disconnected from her family, While this is Williams’ movie have won an Oscar in three win Best Picture without a Wendy has a plan of sorts — to through and through — and one separate generations? single acting nomination? find work in a fishing cannery in of the strongest performances

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See how the women’s basketball team is preparing for Wednesday’s home game. sports Tomorrow Football Men’s basketball • unM 69, tcu 52 Final nonconference over and out game to be announced By Billy Wessels schools can announce it without Staff Writer confirming a date,” Hesselbrock said. “There is one nonconference game The 2009 Horned Frog football that may get moved for a better TV schedule is still missing one oppo- time and that is the only thing we nent, but not for long, according to are waiting on.” Jack Hesselbrock, associate athletics The director said it isn’t a mat- director for internal relations. ter of if this matchup will occur, but Hesselbrock said the athletic ad- when. ministration has reached an agree- “It’s a nice, solid name that people ment with a school, but wants to will know,” Hesselbrock said. wait to make an official announce- According to fbschedules.com ment. and team Web sites, there are ap- The nonconference schedule proximately 30 teams other than should be finalized within seven to TCU that are in need of at least one ten days, Hesselbrock said. nonconference game. The Univer- “We’ve got a couple things we’ve sity of Virginia is on that list, but the got to work out with another school Cavaliers are already on the Frogs’ to move some things and they have slate. got to move some things, but we No. 8 Penn State is the highest are pretty locked in on one school ranked team without a full non- in particular.” conference schedule, other than the Hesselbrock said the Frogs and No. 7 Frogs. The University of North this unnamed team will play a home- Texas and University of Houston are and-home series, meaning the Frogs the only other teams from Texas on will go on the road this year and this the list. opponent will visit Amon Carter TCU is the only Mountain West Stadium in the future. Conference team without a full non- “We are probably going to do conference schedule, according to a letter of agreement so that both these Web sites.

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Women’s basketball falls son took first place in both div- to New Mexico on road ing events, including a career-best The Lady Frogs met the same score of 302.17 on the one-meter fate as the men’s squad Saturday, springboard. falling to the University of New The teammates’ impressive Mexico 75-63 in Albuquerque, performances against New Mex- paige mcardle / Design Editor N.M. ico came just days after they were Freshman guard Kavon Rose attempts a shot over a New Mexico player during Satuday’s 69-52 loss in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The conference loss puts the named as the Mountain West team’s record at 12-7 overall and Conference Female Swimmer 4-2 in the Mountain West. and Diver of the Week after last Sophomore guard Helena weekend’s home meet against San Team struggles at both ends in loss Sverrisdottir led the team with a Diego State University and Cente- career-high 25 points while add- nary College of Louisiana. By Michael Carroll Frogs record now stands at 13-7, into the game after connecting on and general poor play through- ing eight rebounds. The women’s next meet is Sports Editor with a 4-2 mark in conference seven of their first nine shots from out the game gave the team little Sophomore guard Emily Cart- scheduled for Feb. 4 against the play. the field. chance to regain control from the er was the only other Horned Frog University of North Texas in Den- The Horned Frogs missed the The game was a struggle for the “I give New Mexico all the cred- Lobos. to reach double figures in scor- ton. offensive presence of freshman Horned Frogs from the start. it,” TCU head coach Jim Christian Moss ranks fourth on the ing, adding 15 points and seven guard Ronnie Moss in Saturday Problems on both offense and said after the game. “They came team in scoring and is second in rebounds. Track and field team night’s loss against the Universi- in, they beat us to every loose ball assists. Neither team shot well, but succeeds at Razorback ty of New Mexico. Moss missed “I give New in the first 10 minutes of the game “We need every single player the Lobos held advantages in Invitational the game because of a violation Mexico all the ... we just did not play hard or well to contribute to be good and both rebounding and turnovers The Flyin’ Frogs won one event of team policy. all night.” not having him hurt,” Christian by game’s end. title and set two NCAA provision- The good news for the team is credit. They came The Lobos cooled off as the first said. The Lady Frogs also allowed al marks at the Razorback Invita- that Moss will be eligible to play in, they beat us half progressed, but still hit 12 of Junior forward Edvinas Ruz- three different Lobos to reach tional on Friday and Saturday in in Wednesday’s road game against 25 shots, including four out of five gas, the hero of Wednesday night’s double figures. Junior guard Geo- Fayetteville, Ark. San Diego State University. to every loose behind the three-point line. overtime win against the Univer- ronika Jackson led New Mexico Provisional marks are a qualify- The Horned Frogs never led in ball in the first 10 By comparison, the Horned sity of Wyoming, was held with- with 23 points. ing standard for the NCAA Track Saturday’s 69-52 conference loss Frogs, whose halftime deficit of out a shot in the first half and fin- The team will play host to and Field Championships. against the Lobos. minutes of the 30-21 was as close as the game ished the game with four points San Diego State University on Junior sprinter Jessica Young The team went into the game game ... we just would be throughout its remain- in 32 minutes of play. Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Daniel- had a hand in each of the provi- in first place in the Mountain der, connected on only eight of 21 Senior forward Kevin Lang- Meyer Coliseum. sional marks, placing second in West Conference, but is now left did not play hard first-half shot attempts. The team ford was the lone bright spot the 60-meter and as part of the wondering how to correct the or well all night.” shot poorly from behind the arc for the Horned Frogs, putting Swimming and diving women’s 4x400 relay. Her time mistakes that led to New Mexico’s as well, connecting on just two of together another solid offensive tops New Mexico squad of 7.35 seconds in the 60 was a convincing win. Jim Christian 14 shots by game’s end. performance. He led all play- The women’s team was on the seasonal-best. “This is a team that’s been very, men’s basketball coach The Lobos went on to shoot ers with 21 points after coming road this weekend for a confer- Sophomore runner Sean very hot, and we come in here 70.6 percent in the second half off a career-high 36-point effort ence meet against the University Zurko took first place in the and, I thought, for 40 minutes, and led by as many as 20 points against Wyoming of New Mexico and came away men’s 800-meter with a time of did a lot of good things against defense plagued the team early in late in the game. The Horned Frogs will hit the with a 127-106 victory. The team 1:52.53. them,” said New Mexico head the first half. The Lobos (12-8, 3-2 The absence of Moss had a road to take on conference oppo- won 11 of the 13 events. Jeff Pels, another sophomore coach Steve Alford. MWC) jumped out to an quick noticeable effect on the Horned nent San Diego State University The Horned Frogs (7-3-1, runner, finished in seventh place With the loss, the Horned 10-point lead nearly 10 minutes Frogs’ offense. Turnovers, fouls on Wednesday. 4-3-1 MWC) were led by sopho- in the men’s mile event with a time more Maria Alvarez, who took of 4:18.64. first place in both the 200- and Next up for the Flyin’ Frogs is 500-yard freestyle events. The the Houston Invitational on Fri- two victories give Alvarez a team- day and Saturday. Winter x games leading 15 wins on the season. Women receive equal prize money for first time Junior diver Jennifer Fergu- — Sports editor Michael Carroll By Brian Gomez “It should be like that,” said see. There should not be any dif- has been a leader in promoting The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Bright, an Australian. “It’s about ferences in bonus funding.” and programming women’s ath- t i m e .” In 2006, the Action Sports Alli- letics, and this recent action sports ASPEN, Colo. — Torah Bright Thirteen Winter X gold medals ance, a female athlete group, lob- prize purse increase is the latest ex- can dunk a basketball, perform one- will be awarded to men and six will bied ESPN executives for equal amp l e .” handed push-ups and ride a snow- go to women. No women are regis- pay at Winter X. Then Canadian Bright maintains higher stakes board at breakneck speed while go- tered in skiing and snowboard big skier Sarah Burke and the Wom- will raise the caliber of Winter X ing airborne and twisting her body air, disabled skiing or any of the four en’s Sports Foundation, founded by women’s snowboarders. into a pretzel. snowmobile competitions. tennis legend Billie Jean King, sealed “We enjoy seeing everybody push She always has been like the guys Winter X golds are worth at least the deal. each other,” she said. “We have been at the Winter X Games. Now, she’s $30,000, about $20,000 less than ESPN executive vice president of trying to work hard and become paid like them. first-place checks at the X Games content John Skipper said, “ESPN better snowboarders.” For the first time, Winter X orga- in Los Angeles. Second and third nizer ESPN is offering equal prize place finishers in Aspen net four fig- money to men and women in all ures, and athletes off the podium get disciplines at the action sports a few hundred bucks. festival that continued Friday and The Burton Global Open Series, runs through Sunday at Buttermilk a six-stop snowboarding tour with a Mountain. $900,000 purse, also recently evened Women received considerably its pay for men and women. less money than men the first de- Since 1984, the Colorado Springs- cade of Winter X, which started based U.S. Olympic Committee in 1997 after solid attendance and has given Olympic gold medalists soaring ESPN ratings the first two $25,000, silver medalists $15,000 years of the summer version of the and bronze medalists $10,000. That event. amounted to $5.1 million last year A few years ago, ESPN raised the in Beijing and $710,000 in 2006 in compensation of women’s snow- Turin. boarders, making it the same as “They’re following our lead,” 10% off with TCU ID their male counterparts. The net- USOC spokesman Darryl Seibel work announced in October that said of ESPN. “It’s something the p women’s skiers would gross as much USOC has done since the inception JKS Salon Client as men’s skiers. of bonus funding, and it’s good to