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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Volume 108 • Issue 6

TCU DAILY FEATURE 7 Pregnant staff member discovers baby’s gender on local morning show Est. 1902 SKIFF www.DailySkiff.com

“BETTER DAYS LIE AHEAD” THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ON THE END OF COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ

President greets members of the military at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday. PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/

CAMPUS 6 LOCAL 9 New drink machine Alumnus donates offers students more vintage wagon to local choices museum 2 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 www.dailyskiff.com TECHNOLOGY Study: frequent communication between parents and college students could slow independent development By J.D. Moore Freshman business major Tommy Jewett days in the ‘60s and ‘70s when students arise when students turn to their parents for Staff Writer said that his mom used text messaging as would call home and check in on a Sunday.” quick advice and solutions rather than seek- her main medium of communication. She Pee said. “We communicate more freely ing out answers on their own. Conversely, Unlimited cell-phone plans, Skype and e-mail texted him about once a day, usually in the now, and there’s a definite new style.” parents use the technology to stay on top are changing the ways students communicate evening, he said. of their children’s assignments and monitor with their parents, and according to a recent “It really doesn’t bother me,” Jewett said. “It especially helps me with the their social life. study, it is causing problems with development “My family is very important to me. It Freshman journalism major Ryan Os- and independence among college students. doesn’t bug me to take two minutes to tell homesickness and reminds me borne said that under the right circum- According to a 2008 study by Barbara Hofer, my mom about my day.” that there’s a world outside of stances, he didn’t mind at all if his mom co-author of The iConnected Parent, college Elyse Mosier, a sophomore nursing major, my own little TCU bubble.” treated him like a child. students contact their parents 13 times per said she enjoys her daily 30-minute phone “I’ve called my mom and asked her for week, mainly via cell-phone calls and e-mail. call from her parents. advice about laundry,” Osborne said. According to a recent Post and Courier ar- “We basically talk about our days and Elyse Mosier While texting and talking on the phone ticle, Hofer said that sometimes students who catch up,” Mosier said. “It especially helps Sophomore nursing major remain popular means of communication, communicate with their parents often are not with the homesickness and reminds me some students also said they use other tech- being as autonomous and self-sufficient as that there’s a world outside of my own little Pee said he knows students who talk to nologies to talk with their parents. they should be. TCU bubble.” their parents up to five times per day. Mark Neal, a freshman social work ma- However, students argue that increased Antonio Pee, Moncrief hall director, said “I can’t say if it’s for better or worse,” he jor, said he often uses games like Words with communication with their parents helps there was a distinct difference in commu- said. “It definitely impedes when the parents Friends to communicate with his family. them stay in touch with their families and nication now from when he was in college. don’t recognize that their child is an adult.” “It’s not a big issue to me and it actually prevent homesickness. “There’s definitely been a shift from the According to Hofer’s study, problems kind of helps with homesickness,” he said.

www.dailyskiff.com www.dailyskiff.com Wednesday, September 1, 2010 3 DRUGS Proposed marijuana farm angers nearby residents By Ivan Moreno cannot believe that they did that,” said resident Associated Press Writer Nancy Peters, 62, one of 40 opponents who at- tended the meeting. LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — The investor In addition to upsetting the locals, Mullner’s saw potential in the scrubby 67 acres tucked plan is raising questions about the future of away amid multimillion dollar homes: He growing medical pot in Colorado, one of 14 would turn the land into a vast pot farm and states where it is legal. D.C. also allows mari- capitalize on the booming medical marijuana juana for medical use. industry. One question is whether out-of-state inves- But Scott Mullner, a city councilman from tors can profit from the state-regulated indus- Laramie, Wyo., infuriated his Colorado neigh- try. Under state law, Mullner can’t grow the bors with his plan to place a marijuana farm marijuana because he’s not a Colorado resi- in the midst of their idyllic Northern Colorado dent. But if his request is approved, he could countryside. make a profit by selling or leasing the land to They say the project will damage property someone who is eligible, or he could move to values and attract more unwanted attention Colorado, wait two years to become eligible, than the previous business at the location — an then grow it himself. organic egg farm. New state rules that went into effect this year “Nobody is going to come out and steal a state that a grower can supply only one dispen- ED ANDRIESKI / ASSOCIATED PRESS chicken,” said Lance Messinger, 56, who lives sary. But, if the farm is divided into subplots, A sign discouraging marijuana growing sits on property next to what was once a egg farm near less than a mile from the proposed marijuana each serving a different dispensary business, it Longmont, Colo., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Surrounding property owners are furious about a site. “So it was pretty benign to the neighbor- could theoretically serve many, said Brian Vi- proposal from Scott Mullner, a city councilman from Laramie, Wyo., to turn the property into a hood, is what I’m saying.” cente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, marijuana farm. Despite a flurry of e-mails and calls from a medical marijuana patients’ group. residents opposed to the idea, Boulder County Dispensaries have a Wednesday deadline to is the city of Oakland, which has approved a and land surrounded by white wooden commissioners decided against holding a pub- meet a state requirement that they’re growing plan to authorize large-scale pot cultivation fences. Residents grow alfalfa and sunflow- lic hearing on the issue on Tuesday, allowing 70 percent of the marijuana they sell, and in- beginning in January, but the operations ers and advertise the sale of hay. Mullner’s application to proceed. dustry watchers see a potential for subdivided would be in industrial, not residential, areas. Those who have written or called county The county banned medical marijuana farms supplying pot shops. While Colorado has hundreds of medical officials are concerned that a marijuana growing operations in agricultural areas in “I think this is the beginning of marijuana marijuana plots, most of them are indoors farm will disrupt their tranquility and make June but Mullner was able to get his application being treated more like a legitimate agriculture in warehouses or in the grower’s basement, them vulnerable to crime. in before that. Commissioners said they had to product,” said Vicente. said Jeff Gard, a medical marijuana attorney Mullner did not return repeated messag- abide by the rules at the time. The proposed pot farm would be unprec- in Boulder. es left at his Laramie city office. He previ- Mullner still must proceed through the rest edented in terms of its size and wide-open na- “This will be the first one that will be out ously told local newspapers that having the of the regulatory process and opponents say ture, even by national standards. in the open for everyone to see,” Gard said. land designated to grow marijuana was an they’ll continue the fight. In New Mexico and Washington state, for That doesn’t set well with the people who opportunity he couldn’t pass up. “We’re going to keep working on it, we’re go- example, growing operations are secretly locat- built their dream houses in the countryside “It’s the highest and best use as far as ing to make it difficult for them and we’re -go ed. In California, the locales of growing opera- about 40 miles north of Denver, Messinger farming goes,” Mullner told the Boulder ing to grow our numbers. It’s unconscionable, I tions are not publicly disclosed. The exception said. The area offers small lakes and homes Daily Camera.

ART Lost painting prompts lawsuit Jennifer Peltz Manhattan apartment build- message left for him at his Associated Press Writer ing when he got home nearly office at the same jet com- two hours later, the lawsuit pany. He is a friend of Hag- NEW YORK (AP) — Call said. The next morning, Hag- gerty’s and involved him in it the lost art of drinking re- gerty told painting co-owner the effort to sell the painting, sponsibly: A man entrusted Thomas A. Doyle III he according to Trudgeon’s law- with helping to sell a $1.3 “could not recall its where- yer, Max Di Fabio. million painting said it dis- abouts, citing that he had had Corot, who lived from appeared while he was in a too much to drink the previ- 1796 to 1875, was an impor- drunken haze, according to a ous evening,” according to tant figure among the proto- lawsuit filed by a co-owner of the lawsuit filed Monday in a Impressionist group known the canvas. Manhattan state court. as the Barbizon School. James Carl Haggerty took Trudgeon is seeking what Members turned their backs the painting, noted French she says is the roughly $1.3 on Parisian urbanity to em- artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille million value of the painting, brace a back-to-the-land em- Corot’s circa 1857 “Portrait which spent years in the col- phasis on painting scenes of of a Girl,” to a Manhattan ho- lection of the Hammer Muse- rural French life, often doing tel on July 28 for a potential um in Los Angeles, according their artwork outdoors. buyer to examine, Kristyn to museum spokeswoman Trudgeon owns a small Trudgeon’s lawsuit said. Then Sarah Stifler. portion of the painting, Di Haggerty hung out at the Haggerty didn’t immedi- Fabio said. He said he had hotel bar and was seen on ately return phone messages no information on whether security cameras leaving the left Tuesday at two possible it was insured. building with the painting home numbers for him and Trudgeon “was terribly after midnight, according to at his office at a company that hurt and dismayed and the lawsuit. leases out private jets. disappointed,” Di Fabio But there was no sign of Doyle isn’t involved in the said. “She just would like the portrait on cameras at his lawsuit and didn’t return a some answers.” 4 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 www.dailyskiff.com PERSPECTIVES The Skiff View Shuttle ride a smart choice for students

he complimentary shuttle rides to and from Cowboys Stadium will provide a safe alternative for students planning to tailgate at the Tseason opening game. In an effort to prevent drinking and driv- ing, students should take advantage of the Student Government Association’s shuttle service instead. Unlike Cowboys Stadium, Amon G. Carter Stadium does not serve alcohol in its conces- sion stands, Yourso students view often tailgate, but have the wholeopinion@dailyski .com game to sober up before driv- ing home. At the Oregon State game, fans Nate Beeler is a political cartoonist for The . will be able to drink during both the game and tailgating festivities. our view The university’s Greek organizations have yWhat do you have to say? required buses for years to transport guests to and from events in an effort to prevent drinking and driving. The SGA-sponsored Gay marriage a universal right shuttle system to the Oregon State game is a I regularly read the Skiff and usually same ‘social roles’ of men in the 1950s to or not they happen to be gay. Being in a find the articles to be quite interesting be the bread winner for their family and same-sex relationship does not make you good effort to minimize potential drunken and informative about the happenings his housewife whose sole responsibility incapable of taking care of a child, just driving incidents. on campus. Unfortunately, this was not was to put dinner in front of her hus- like being in an opposite-sex relationship the case on Thursday, August 26th. The band and take care of the children? It does not make you a fit parent. The Fort Worth Transportation Authority perspective offered by Shane Smith in seems to me as though ‘social roles’ have I am also going to conveniently skip will also offer a shuttle service to anyone at- his piece “Same-sex marriage harmful” changed dramatically over the years and over the third paragraph like Mr. Smith was extremely offending and some of the changes have been for the better. skipped over the fact that several of tending the season opener, not just universi- the conclusions he has drawn are simply Mr. Smith further comments that the founding fathers were deists and ridiculous. I hoped that the students at our society has no boundaries or value anti-religious, Thomas Jefferson and Ben ty students. The T will charge $5 for parking our school were more tolerant of dif- sets and children should not grow up in Franklin for example. at bus pick-up sites and $10 for a round-trip ferent lifestyles than our own, but Mr. such a society. There are more pressing The next few paragraphs state the Smith clearly is not. issues than same-sex marriage regard- fact that overturning Proposition 8 goes ticket. I was confused as I began reading ing the destruction of boundaries and against Supreme Court precedent as an While the university can not officially do because the first third of the article value sets in America. Children are being argument for its negative effects. This states no opinion what so ever, and then pelted with messages of consumerism, logic is flawed. If judicial precedents were anything to stop drinking and driving, pro- as I read the last few sentences of his unhealthy lifestyles, body image, etc. never overturned, America would still second paragraph, I was outraged. He every time they turn on the TV or use have slaves, interracial marriage would viding a shuttle to the football season opener writes, “American citizens have the right the internet. To say that children should be illegal, and our schools would still be is one step toward preventing dangerous to live however they choose, as long as not grow up in a society with same-sex segregated. Perhaps most importantly to their way of life does not harm another marriage is insulting. Mr. Smith, would be the ruling of Tinker alcohol-related situations. human being.” I have many issues with I truly hope that Mr. Smith is not in- v. Des Moines which gave students the this opinion, mostly because it isn’t true sinuating that children should not grow right to express their views and opinions Sports editor Madison Pelletier for the editorial board. (Americans have plenty of life choices up with same-sex parents. In my opinion, while at school. that are harmful to others and still more it is more important that children grow Same-sex marriage is not a religious The Skiff View represents the collective opinion of the editorial board. harmless choices are against the law), up in a loving home with people who issue or a ‘values’ issue, or an issue about but I’ll focus only on its application to care about their well being, that they have ‘social roles’ in America. Same-sex mar- same-sex marriage. He then goes on, food to eat and a place to sleep at night, riage is an equal rights issue and to deny EDITORIAL BOARD writing, “Same-sex marriage is harmful that those who love them make sure the rights of any American is to deny the Libby Davis, Editor-in-Chief Melanie Cruthirds, Managing Editor to social roles and relationships of to- they go to school, and help them with rights of all Americans. Mark Bell, Associate/Opinion Editor Madison Pelletier, Sports Editor day’s youth.” To say that one person lov- their homework. All of these things and Marshall Doig, News Editor Maricruz Salinas, Web Editor ing another person is harmful to social countless others are much more impor- Andrea Drusch, News Editor Jason Pan, Web Editor Callie Haley is a senior finance and Kayla Mezzell, News Editor Matt Coffelt,Multimedia Editor roles is completely absurd. To which tant to a child growing up in America ‘social roles’ is Mr. Smith referring? The than who their parents are and whether accounting major from Richardson.

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Individuals who attempt to States has a “deep-seated hatred for white put their own interest in front of God’s interest Saturday was the 47th anniversary of Dr. On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people” and calls him a “racist” as Beck did make up the only stains in America’s history. Martin Luther King’s “” speech, people turned out in Washington, D.C. to in July 2009 on program Fox & Honoring people such as philanthropist Jon and will forever be remembered in history hear conservative icons and Friends. Huntsman and the amazing men and women as the day which extended King’s dreams for speak about “restoring honor” Beck thinks he is in line talking this way of the armed forces, who sacrifice their lives so future generations of Americans. The 8/28 to our country. Beck, the organizer of the because he erroneously believes whites that Americans can have the freedom to live Restoring Honor rally at the rally, spoke about the mistakes America started the . On the the life they choose. Without the core values of was one of faith, hope and charity. has made and a need for restoring honor May 26 edition of his radio show he ar- faith, hope and love, Americans would not be The highlight of the event was Dr. King’s to our country to compensate for the past. rogantly promised, “We will take that [civil living the life of freedom they now enjoy. niece, Dr. , giving a speech of her As good as his intents may sound, his rheto- rights] movement [back] because we were The Restoring Honor rally truly took the own dreams for our great country of Amer- ric is counterproductive. the people that did it in the first place.” dream of Martin Luther King Jr. and restored ica. Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy was not The date, Aug. 28, happened to be the Quick history lesson for Beck: two Afri- his dream in an attempt to wake up those who changed by Glenn Beck’s rally. Instead it was 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, can-Americans, two white socialists, and have let the dream slip away. Life on earth is restored and brought back to the forefront of Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Beck claimed one Jew founded the NAACP. Not exactly about judging a person by his American society. that being in the same loca- the ‘we’ [white people] he was referring to, or her character and making From the Lincoln Memorial to the Washing- tion and having it on the same and certainly not the composition of the the choice to do either what ton Monument and beyond, a massive crowd date as Dr. King’s legendary crowd at his rally. is right or what is wrong. Life engulfed the reflecting pool in an attempt to re- speech was mere coincidence. Beck conceded that he is no MLK, and is not relative, as every hu- flect on not only the beginning of America but I find this hard to believe. had a novel idea for proving it. He said man being was created with on themselves as human beings. The rally had Now, you may be asking on his radio show, “I am not going to be inalienable rights that allow nothing to do with Beck or a political agenda, yourself, would Glenn Beck standing on the stair that Martin Luther them to live a life in search of as organizations such as Media Matters and ever lie? A few months ago King was standing on.” always doing what’s right. MSNBC claim. The Restoring Honor rally was on his talk radio program he Instead he was two flights down from Americans wake up every all about love and the incredible possibilities interviewed Debra Medina, that stair. Doesn’t that make it a whole lot day knowing they have the that arise when human beings come together a candidate for governor of better? freedom to choose between and allow themselves to be guided by the hand Texas. He started the in- Beck tried to paint the rally as a right and wrong. Glenn Beck of God through Divine Providence. terview by saying that he religious yet apolitical rally, a time for is not about his ego. Glenn I find it interesting that progressives in to- knew nothing about her, but America to come back to God, restore Beck is only using his platform to show Ameri- day’s America preach tolerance, however, they immediately followed by asking questions its values and correct the mistakes of the cans what their lives can be about: faith, hope appear the most intolerant towards people who about the amount of 9/11 Truth Movement past. But it was clearly a Tea Party protest and love. I applaud Beck and I applaud all those walk through daily life with a faith in a higher supporters behind her. The self-proclaimed on steroids. With a slew of conservative Americans who stand up for God and for doing being. expressed in his “truthers” are a group of activists dedicated speakers and a mostly white audience, it what’s right, even when it seems so difficult. own writings that the hand of Divine Provi- to uncovering facts about the events of was not difficult for one to observe the I call upon the people reading this column to dence was involved in the creation of America Sept. 11, 2001. Not only did he blatantly lie striking similarities. reflect on their own lives and restore their own and will always be involved in the lives of and contradict himself, he quite likely cost The Tea Party and conservatives alike life with honor and love. Join one another and Americans. Without standing firm to the beliefs Medina the Republican nomination for need to wake up to the destructive agent unite the USA. . held by our founding fathers, this country will governor. provocateur that is Glenn Beck. only sink into a deep darkness. While holding a rally the same day as In the last century, the rewriting of American Shane Smith is a senior secondary MLK’s speech is not necessarily disrespect- Jack Enright is a sophomore political science and history has occurred. The 8/28 rally of 2010 education major from Fort Worth. ful to King on its own, it becomes a slap in economics double major from Tomball. 6 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 www.dailyskiff.com COVER STORY Obama: war in Iraq over, focus on U.S. By Sara Neal “Last February, I announced a plan Staff Reporter that would bring our combat brigades out of Iraq, while redoubling our efforts to Operation Iraqi Freedom is over and it is strengthen Iraq’s security forces and sup- time for a shift in focus to serving Ameri- port its government and people,” Obama can interests, President Barack Obama said. “That is what we have done.” said in a televised address Tuesday night. He went on to encourage Iraq’s elected The address lasted just over 18 minutes leaders to continue to build a “representa- and was given from the Oval Office. tive [and] accountable” government and “Through this remarkable chapter in the that the U.S. commitment to Iraq does not history of the United States and Iraq we terminate with the end of Operation Iraqi have met our responsibility,” Obama said. Freedom. “Now, it is time to turn the page.” “Only Iraqis can build a democracy with- Senior strategic communication major in their borders,” he said. “What America Sean Strasburger said he thought the ad- can do, and will do, is provide support dress was formal and signified the end of for the Iraqi people as both a friend and something. a partner.” “It was tying the ribbon,” he said. “It’s With the reduction of forces in Iraq, like he’s finishing off the job, but at the Obama said he intends to reallocate mili- same time there could be more to be done tary resources to fighting al-Qaida forces ASSOCIATED PRESS with it.” still plotting against the U.S. in Afghani- In this image from video, President Barack Obama speaks from the Oval Office at the White House on Even so, Strasburger said he thought a stan. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, about the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq. shift in focus is exactly what Americans “As with the surge in Iraq, these forces need. will be in place for a limited time to pro- recognized the many sacrifices of troops recognizing the loss and sacrifice faced by “We could use the much needed re- vide space for Afghans to build their ca- and their families over the past seven and American troops and their families and sources, manpower and everything, back pacity and secure their own future,” he a half years. He said veterans returning the significance of their actions to the fu- [in] the workforce because those are quali- said. home would receive health care and ben- ture our nation. fied people coming back,” he said. Obama also said he wanted to place efits, as well as the means to pursue college “Our troops are the steel in our ship of Obama supported his decision to con- more importance on issues facing Ameri- degrees. state,” he said. “Though our nation may be clude America’s combat mission in Iraq cans within American borders—in partic- “Part of ending a war responsibly is travelling through rough waters, they give by reminding audience members of the ular unemployment rates and reviving the standing by those who have fought it,” he us confidence that our course is true and promise he made when he took office as education system. said. that beyond the pre-dawn darkness, better well as the current condition in Iraq. Throughout the address, the president Obama concluded his speech by again days lie ahead.”

DINING New soda fountain well-received By Jennifer Iller “It’s like sliced bread all over again,” Du- Staff Reporter guaysaid. The Freestyle works differently than What used to be seen only in science- other soda machines in Market Square. Du- fiction films is now situated in the Brown- guay said it was more efficient because it Lupton University Union. With a touch- did not require hoses, bags and connections screen interface machine, the Freestyle lets like typical soda fountains. Instead, Duguay you point and tap to receive your favorite said, the machine was self-contained with a form of Coca-Cola refreshment. 46-ounce cartridge holding the flavors. Heralded by Popular Science magazine Local businesses praised the Freestyle as as “the most advanced soda fountain ever,” well. General Manager of the Bryant Irvin new Coca-Cola Freestyle fountains have Schlotzsky’s Deli, John Kamonde, said peo- been met with rave reviews from students ple come in to the business just to use the on campus. machine because the drinks are “so fresh.” The Freestyle fountains, located in 1873 Kamonde said drink sales are up 4 per- and Market Square, offer 106 individual fla- cent and said the Freestyle is the “iPhone of vors, with the possibility for endless com- drink machines.” binations. The machines are creating a stir The Freestyle is currently in the pilot not only with technology magazines, but testing stage with Coca-Cola, and Duguay MARSHALL DOIG / NEWS EDITOR also with university students. said the university is the first Sodexo-using Junior biology major Stephen O’Neal uses the Coca-Cola Freestyle fountain in Market Square to select The machine uses a touchscreen inter- campus to have these machines. He also his drink on Tuesday. face that first displays brands the user can said there was a great probability that they choose from. After selecting a brand, a vari- would become permanent, dependent upon ety of flavors appear, and one simply selects surveys done by Coca-Cola. Pour” technology to mix flavors. PurePour Coca-Cola for market research. their flavor of choice, presses “pour” and Sophomore pre-major Drew Stone said was originally developed to measure pre- According to the Fast Company article, voilà, the selection flows into the cup. he loved the new machines and that the cise amounts of dialysis and cancer drugs. Coca-Cola can also “talk back to the ma- Director of Operations for TCU Dining only bad thing about them was long lines. According to Popular Science magazine, chine,” causing it to stop serving a specific Services Yves Duguay said the Freestyle was According to an article by Fast Company the new machine can also upload data such drink immediately in case of recall or dis- well-received. magazine, Freestyle machines use “Pure- as beverage consumption and peak times to continuance. www.dailyskiff.com Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7

Frog Feature Getting to know Alexis Olympia, the assistant director of admission.

By Caitlin Shaw Staff Writer

Admission counselor and mother-to-be Alexis Olympia What was it like to find out on live television? wanted the gender of her first baby to be a surprise. Unlike “It was a lot of fun, actually. I think I was more ner- most mothers, however, Olympia did not wait to find out vous about just finding out than really being on TV.” her child’s gender at the baby’s birth. Instead, she found out by cutting into a custom-made cake, revealing either blue or The producers of the show tried to get pink filling, during a live broadcast of Good Morning Texas. your husband, who was stationed in Af- ghanistan at the time, on the phone for the reveal, but couldn’t reach him. Were you First of all, is it a boy or a girl? eventually able to contact him and let him “It’s a boy!” know the result? “Yes, we did. It didn’t work in the segment they had What made you want to find out your baby’s gender planned, but then in the last…three minutes of the this way? show, they had some time left, and at that point we “I was actually at a doctor’s visit…and she just asked me if I would called again and were able to get through. So we did be interested in finding out that way. She is good friends with the make it, even though that isn’t online, it was on TV.” Sublime Bakery…so they were kind of working together to pro- mote this new idea. They’re called baby reveal cakes. So she said, What was his reaction? ‘How would you feel about finding out on live television?’ And I “Oh, [he was] so surprised, so happy. He did think it was a girl, so he was very shocked. Of course, every man said, ‘OK…tell me more!’ I thought, why not? What better way to wants a boy, so he was really excited. And then, his reaction was funny too. He was like, ‘Well, my wife is right share it with everyone?” again.’ That was really cute, too. And I think that once I told him, that made it very real. It was kind of cool.”

Go to dailyskiff.com to nominate someone for the Frog Feature. 8 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 www.dailyskiff.com TEXAS Legally married gay couples not allowed to divorce By Jamie Stengle “Today’s court of appeals decision overruled appeals court justices. “Texas law, as embodied “A person does not and cannot Associated Press Writer the district court’s improper ruling, confirmed in our constitution and statutes, requires that a seek a divorce without simultane- the constitutionality of Texas’ traditional defini- valid marriage must be a union of one man and DALLAS (AP) — Gay couples legally mar- tion of marriage and correctly found that Texas one woman, and only when a union comprises ously asserting the existence and ried in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, courts lack the legal authority to grant divorces one man and one woman can there be a divorce validity of a lawful marriage.” where same-sex marriage is banned, a state ap- to same-sex couples,” said Abbott spokesman under Texas law.” peals court ruled Tuesday. Jerry Strickland. The appeals court ordered the case be sent Justice Kerry P. Fitzgerald The 5th Texas Court of Appeals ruled that a Callahan also had ruled Texas couldn’t limit back to Callahan, who must vacate her order. 5th Texas Court of Appeals Dallas district court judge didn’t have the au- marriage to a man and a woman, but the appeals The men, known only as J.B. and H.B. in thority to hear a divorce case involving two Dal- court said the state’s same-sex marriage ban was court filings, separated amicably two years after las men who married in Massachusetts in 2006. constitutional. getting married. Schulte said Tuesday they had not yet decided Republican state Attorney General Greg Ab- “A person does not and cannot seek a divorce J.B.’s attorney, Peter Schulte, has said the two whether to appeal to the Texas Supreme Court. bott’s office had appealed after Judge Tena Calla- without simultaneously asserting the existence men had no children and weren’t arguing over “We obviously disagree with the justices’ rul- han, a Democrat, said she did have jurisdiction and validity of a lawful marriage,” Justice Kerry how to divide their property, but wanted an of- ing, but we respect the process and respect the and dismissed the state’s attempt to intervene. P. Fitzgerald wrote on behalf of three Republican ficial divorce. court,” Schulte said.

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See Wednesday’s paper for sudoku and GET TIPS AND MORE SOLUTIONS crossword solutions. AT WWW.SUDOKU.COM www.dailyskiff.com Wednesday, September 1, 2010 9 DONATIONS Alumnus donates antique wagon By David Stein Smithsonian Institution in Washington, “It’s just one more item to help Staff Reporter D.C. would have accepted it. make the Fort Worth Museum of Sci- Smith said the wagon was placed in ence and History one of the most suc- TCU alumnus I.B. “Barney” Chap- the Omni Theater at the museum. He cessful museums in the Southwest,” man, Sr. and the Chapman Fam- said popcorn could be sold out of the Chapman said. ily Ranch recently donated an antique wagon at some point, but they would Chapman said that a construction wagon to the Fort Worth Museum of not use the wagon to make popcorn and transportation crew helped to Science and History, Gene Smith, a uni- or peanuts because it would not meet move the wagon from the original versity history professor said. health standards. building it was stored in to the mu- Smith, also the curator of history at “It’s a wonderful artifact to a time seum, and a third team disassembled the museum, said the information was and an era long passed,” Smith said. the wagon. The process started at limited on the wagon, but they believed According to the C. Cretors & around 5 p.m. that evening and took it to be a 1918 C. Cretors & Company Company website, the company cel- until the next morning to complete. A Improved Special Model D wagon. ebrated its 125th anniversary this year brick wall had to be removed so the According to a press release from the and still produces popcorn makers wagon could be taken out of the origi- TCU Alumni Association, the horse- along with other concession products. nal building. drawn wagon was originally used to Chapman said he donated the wag- The Chapman Family Ranch was make popcorn and peanuts to sell at ro- on to the museum because he pre- established in 1844, and its primary deos, carnivals and other special events. ferred that the wagon stayed in Fort location is in Clarksville, Texas in the COURTESY OF TCU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION If it was not donated to the Fort Worth Worth since he and his family were northeastern part of the state, accord- TCU alumnus I.B. “Barney” Chapman donated a priceless antique wagon to Museum of Science and History, the from the area. ing to its website. the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

MEXICAN DRUG WAR Texas-born assassin, drug lord captured By Mark Stevenson and a U.S. citizen living illegally in him but nabbing several of his lar with Border Patrol agents, Paul J. Weber Mexico, Valdez could be deport- allies. Among those taken into police officers and firefighters. Associated Press Writers ed to the United States if Mexico custody was his girlfriend and His father was a nightclub and agrees, or he could face prosecu- her mother, Valdez’s U.S. lawyer bar owner. MEXICO CITY (AP) — A tion in Mexico for drug-related said. The former Laredo United former Texas high school football crimes. Mexican authorities say “This has been going on for High School linebacker became player and petty street dealer who he could be responsible for doz- quite a while,” attorney Kent a small-time street dealer as a allegedly rose to become one of ens of murders. Schaffer told The Associated teen, before rising to become the Mexico’s most savage assassins The arrest was portrayed by Press. “So you figure it’s just a head of a group of assassins for became the third major drug lord Mexico’s government as a victory matter of time.” Mexico’s notorious Beltran Ley- brought down by Mexico in less for President Felipe Calderon as Born in the border city of Lar- va gang, allied with the powerful than a year, and could provide he tries to recover public support edo, Texas, Valdez grew up in a Sinaloa cartel, according to U.S. intelligence on even bigger king- for his war on organized crime in middle-class subdivision popu- and Mexican officials. pins. the face of escalating violence. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known U.S. and Mexican officials as “the Barbie” for his fair com- described Valdez’s arrest on plexion and green eyes, grinned Monday as the culmination of broadly Tuesday as police de- a yearlong pursuit and stronger scribed a life of luxury and vio- intelligence sharing between the lence that made a battleground of two countries. central Mexico, where he waged Mexican police said they a war for control against his slain chased Valdez across five Mexi- ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/ AP PHOTO boss’s brother. can states for a year, a pursuit Federal police stand guard by Texas-born kingpin Edgar Val- The 37-year-old Valdez faces that intensified in recent months dez Villarreal, alias “the Barbie,” center, during his presenta- charges in three U.S. states for as they raided home after home tion to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. trucking in tons of cocaine. As owned by the drug lord, missing

TCU DAILY SKIFF 10 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 www.dailyskiff.com SPORTS FOOTBALL MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Johnson nominated for BYU leaving MWC to join WCC success on and off the field Associated Press By Mason Kerwick crosse, men and women’s soccer, PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU is going Staff Reporter softball and volleyball. independent in football, after all. Lowe’s Public Relations Coor- BYU says it is leaving the Mountain Senior safety Tejay Johnson was dinator Gerard Littlejohn said, West Conference and will go indepen- one of 30 college football players “Other than being a Division I dent in football while joining the West nominated for senior, the award is selected on Coast Conference in all other sports in the Lowe’s Senior personal qualities on a complete the 2011-2012 school year. CLASS Award. student athlete.” BYU and its new conference an- Johnson was TCU Director of Athletics Me- nounced the moves in simultaneous the second TCU dia Relations Mark Cohen said releases late Tuesday afternoon, saying football player Johnson has a strong commitment further details would be given at a news to be nominated, to both football and academics. conference Wednesday at BYU’s LaVell following last “He is very active in the com- Edwards Stadium. year’s nomina- Johnson munity,” Cohen said. “He should The announcement ended nearly tion of former probably do a seminar in time two weeks of speculation since BYU’s Horned Frog management with all that he has original plan to go independent sur- and defensive end Jerry Hughes. on his plate, with academics, foot- faced, then unraveled within hours Johnson said he was probably ball, his fraternity and time to sing when the Mountain West Conference the most surprised to hear about in his gospel choir.” made a protective move and invited his nomination. He said he had to Johnson said time management Nevada and Fresno State to leave the look up what the Senior CLASS was crucial to his success in both WAC for the MWC. Award was when he was told the community and on the field. BYU had an agreement worked about his selection as a candidate. “I took a class freshman year out with the WAC to join in all sports “When I looked into it and [at TCU] that was based around except football, which would play as saw what it was for, I was kind of time management and college a Bowl Subdivision independent. The impressed and a little shocked, preparation,” Johnson said. “I Mountain West’s catch of Nevada PAUL MOSELEY / FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM TCU’s Ronnie Moss (right) goes up against Brigham Young’s Michael Loyd, Jr. in the but I also I thought it was neat,” learned to manage my time so I and Fresno State foiled the plan and first half of NCAA men’s basketball action at Daniel Meyer Coliseum. Johnson said. could do football as well as extra- left BYU with little time to come up The Senior CLASS Award, curricular activities.” with something else before Sept. 1, which stands for Celebrating Johnson, the oldest of 11 chil- the deadline to notify the Mountain Cougars’ decision to leave. 10, and now BYU departs as one of just Loyalty and Achievement for dren, said knowing his younger West of any plans to leave before the “We look forward to the future with four independent teams in the NCAA’s Staying in School, measures four siblings look up to him makes 2011 school year. great excitement — particularly wel- Bowl Subdivision. The only other foot- categories: classroom, commu- him strive daily to be a good per- Shortly after the BYU and WCC coming recent additions Boise State, ball teams without conferences are nity, character and competition. son with good ethics and values. releases, Mountain West commis- Fresno State and Nevada into the Notre Dame, Army and Navy. In addition to football, Senior The winner of the Lowe’s Se- sioner Craig Thompson released his Mountain West,” Thompson said in the BYU, owned by The Church of Jesus CLASS Awards are given to nior CLASS Award will be an- own, saying the league would contin- statement. Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been athletes from men and women’s nounced toward the end of the ue to explore options for the future. It Boise State joins the Mountain West looking into football independence as basketball, baseball, hockey, la- collegiate season. did not mention BYU by name or the next year, when Utah leaves for the Pac- a way to get the school exposure. www.dailyskiff.com Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11 SPORTS FOOTBALL Working way up the goal pyramid

By Stephen Hawkins The shaded pieces for now include games being played. The top two Associated Press Sport Writer attitude, extra effort, mental tough- and bottom two rungs are always ness, chemistry and accountability. the same on the pyramid, which FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — “If you went through what we is surrounded by the signature of The pyramid of goals that hangs just went through the last three every player. prominently in TCU’s meeting weeks of two-a-days and as hot as “It starts at the bottom, it doesn’t room is a visual reminder of what it was, and understand our kids have anything to do with wins,” the Horned Frogs have accom- came out of it, you’d color that in Patterson said. “It has all do with plished and what their goals are. purple,” Patterson said. “I wish I you, what kind of football team do Each time a goal is reached, had a darker shade of purple.” you have, and how do you grow up. sixth-ranked TCU shades that And then as you climb that deal, it box in with the school color. “If you went through has to do with wins.” The chart that was mostly filled While the goals are very visible, out in purple last season when what we just went Patterson knows the pyramid — the Horned Frogs became a BCS through the last three what’s shaded, and more impres- buster has been replaced by a weeks of two-a-days sionably, what is not — helps keep DONNA MCWILLIAM / ASSOCIATED PRESS fresh one. Only the bottom rungs and as hot as it was, the team from focusing on what’s In this Nov. 14, 2009 file photo, TCU coach Gary Patterson yells toward an official as he walks are shaded, with a lot of uncolored at the top. onto the field during a timeout in the first half of an NCAA college football game against boxes above that. and understand our “Right there,” he said, pointing Utah in Fort Worth, Texas. “To see that every day, it kind kids came out of it, to the pyramid. “I don’t talk about of ingrains it in your mind,” cen- you’d color that in BCS bid, I don’t talk about being ter Jake Kirkpatrick said Tues- 12-0. That’s where you make mis- day. “It’s hard to know that we purple.” takes. ... If you start talking we’re got so high last year and now we going to start in the middle of have to restart.” Gary Patterson the pyramid, then you’ll be sadly Never before had TCU filled in TCU Head Coach disappointed. And hopefully our as much of its pyramid as last year team’s not doing that.” with its first undefeated regular Senior and fourth-year start- season since 1938. The only way to shade in more ing quarterback Andy Dalton, The only boxes left unshaded boxes now is by winning games. who is tied with Sammy Baugh on last season’s pyramid were “Go TCU opens its season Satur- for the most career victories (29), To BCS Game — and Win” since day night against No. 24 Oregon likes having the pyramid to see the Frogs lost to Boise State in State at Cowboys Stadium. The every day. the Fiesta Bowl, and the ultimate Frogs have held two workouts at “We’re hoping to get back goal at the pinnacle that has never the $1.2 billion showplace, about where we were last year. We saw changed in coach Gary Patterson’s 20 miles from campus where the it last year, we came so close,” 10 seasons as head coach: “No. 1, next Super Bowl is being played, Dalton said. “You hear it all, National Champions.” to get out the “oohs” and “aahs” of but to see it up there, to see the ROSS D. FRANKLIN / ASSOCIATED PRESS Now the Frogs are starting at the being inside. things that you’ve done. ... Work In this Jan. 4, 2010 file photo, TCU’s Andy Dalton, left, congratulates Boise State’s Kellen bottom and trying to work their Only the middle of the pyramid you way up there. It all starts Moore (11) after the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, in Glen- way back up the pyramid again. changes each year, to reflect the with the foundation.” dale, Ariz. Boise State defeated TCU 17-10. 12 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 www.dailyskiff.com

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MEDIA RELATIONS Fans watch from the recent addition to the Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium, the Jane Justin Field House, at the TCU soccer season home opener Friday. The Frogs lost to USC 1-0. Soccer team taking pride in Jane Justin Field House

By Brett Anderson a wrap-around viewing terrace. thought the overall quality of university “The new facility was well-received by the Staff Writer Associate Athletics Director and Senior buildings, including the Jane Justin Field team, coaches, officials and fans,” Johnson said. Woman Administrator Kim Johnson said the House, was excellent. “Every group remarked about how beautiful Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium has a new new space was a significant improvement be- “I would put the Jane Justin Field House up and functional the Jane Justin Field House [is].” look this season with the recent completion of cause each player had a locker with storage there with the best of [the buildings]. It is an Torda said the construction of the field the Jane Justin Field House on the north side of space for equipment and personal items. incredible building and one that will really help house meant the soccer program had a build- the stadium. Johnson said the new field house allows for take our program to the next level,” she said. ing it could take pride in. According to GoFrogs.com, the new com- players to shower after games on-site, unlike Johnson said construction of the field Johnson said there would be more benefits plex offers many amenities that were not in the past where they had to shower at their house, approximately 5,000 square feet, cost to the soccer program in the future. available to players in the past. It includes respective homes. Players previously used $1.8 million. “This facility will enhance their experience home and visitor locker rooms, an officials’ a storage shed at the stadium as a changing The complex had its first public debut Aug. as student-athletes and it will make our pro- locker room, a training room, a sports medi- room on game days. 22 with the Frog’s home opener against Texas gram more attractive to prospective student- cine office, a conference room for coaches and Senior midfielder Jackie Torda said she Southern University. athletes,” she said.