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Serving Texas Christian University since 1902 THURSDAY TODAY After Tuesday night's 2- SEPTEMBER 14,2000 1 loss to Division II A 98th Year • Number 13 Texas Wesleyan, the TCU men's soccer team High 92 was left looking for answers. Low 69 page 9 Partly cloudy Thursday, September 14,2000 www.skiff.tcu.edu Fort Worth,Texas Board of Trustees embark on retreat By Erin Munger in November. STAFF REPORTER "The retreat will set the direction The Board of Trustees members Members join to discuss task force recommendations and priorities for the Commission on are packing up and heading off to the Future of TCU," said Mills, who Glen Rose for the first board retreat riod of time to focus on the initia- be able to spend an large amount of ceived copies of the summaries, said "We will review with the board all is also the facilitator of the under- in TCU's history. The trustees will tives that can move TCU to another time on the subject at hand, Ferrari Lauer. who also is the vice chancel- outcomes of the task forces, but ul- graduate task force for the commis- spend today and Friday focusing on level of national and international said. lor for marketing and communica- timately we will focus on the ones sion. more than 250 recommendations prominence," Ferrari said. Larry Lauer, director of the com- tions. we need to find money for," he said. Chairman of the Board John from the 17 task forces of the Com- He said there is a big difference mission, will head discussions about Lauer said the suggestions fit into Don Mills, vice chancellor of stu- Roach said the commission is reach- mission on the Future of TCU, between the retreat and a regular the commission at the retreat. three categories: those that require dent affairs, said the meeting will be ing its final stages, and the retreat Chancellor Michael Ferrari said. board meeting. In a regular meeting, The task force reports came out in no money, those that require money laid back to allow the trustees to dis- will get the board's input on the fi- "The board has studied various re- the board faces many different issues June and summaries were developed but will tit under the normal budget cuss the recommendations of the nal report. ports from the task forces and is now dealing with the university. While at for each report. The faculty, admin- and those that need newly raised task forces in a more casual and in- coming together for an extended pe- the retreat, the board members will istration and board members all re- funds. depth manner before they meet again See TRUSTEES, Page 5 pulse briefs INSPIRATION OUT Frog Calls 13 women assaulted while sleeping at Penn State to arrive in UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. OF DESPERATION (U-WIRE) — Thirteen women were assaulted while sleeping in their unlocked two weeks dorm rooms in Snyder Hall early Sunday morning, Penn- sylvania State University Po- lice Services said. Student, staff directory A male Penn State student, compiled by three offices a former resident of Snyder Hall, has been identified as a suspect, police said. After a re- By Chris Gibson quest of Residence Life staff STAFF REPORTER Monday, the suspect moved The 2000-2001 edition of Frog Calls, TCU's fac- out of the building, said Alison ulty, student and departmental telephone directory, Cummings, assistant director will be avail- for Residence Life. able Sept. 25. "His presence was not con- The office 2000-2001 Frog Calls ducive to the comfort of the in- of Marketing >What: volved students," Cummings and Communi- University said. "We approached him on cations, along directory that, and he did leave and is with Human >When: not returning without our staff Resources and Sept. 25 present." the Registrar's > Where: But it is important that the office, all pro- 3B. ■■ ■- A residence suspect goes through due vide informa- halls or the process before the case is dis- tion to a Information cussed further, Cummings publisher who desk said. Neither Cummings nor organizes the EgT FDO«;O 5.1 "^ >■ Cost: Free police would discuss the directory. specifics of the assaults. Henri Etta "Residence Life is not mak- Kilgore is the administrative assistant for Market- ing any judgment on guilt or ing and Communications and has been dealing with innocence; that is a criminal the departmental section of the book for over 20 issue and one for Judicial Af- years. fairs as well," she said. "June 1st of every year, I send out a form thai Two students, who live in has a listing of the current Frog Calls attached to it Snyder Hall and know the sus- and ask (faculty and staff) to please update the in- pect, went to police last night formation," Kilgore said. "Once I get them back, I to testify about the assaults. enter all the changes onto a disk which is then sent Charges of indecent assault, to the publisher." aggravated indecent assault Similar procedures are used by the Human Re- and criminal trespass are source department to compile the faculty directory pending, according to univer- section. The Registrar's office has been able to take sity police. Police expect the a different approach with the student section. charges to be filed by today or With the implementation of PeopleSoft. students tomorrow, investigating super- can now access all of their personal information via visor Stewart Neff said. FrogNet. —Daily Collegian Pat Miller, registrar and director of Enrollment Pennsylvania State Management, said this has changed the duty of both University the student and the Registrar's office. "Before the PeopleSoft system, we were the con- Knight speaks out to ESPN; tact for students (who needed to update their infor- disputes Indiana allegations. mation)," Miller said. "Now all that has changed. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (U- Photos by Krystal Powell/SKIFF STAFF Students can do it all on the Web, which basically WIRE) — Bob Knight said William Gray, a junior business major, looks at paintings by artist Marie Cedars at the Mary Couts Burnett Library takes us out of the loop. that if he had taken a year to Wednesday evening. Cedars' paintings are based on the novel "The Six Days of Destruction: Meditations Toward "They can still come to our office to do it, but go out and find a place ideal Hope" and were inspired by the Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel.The works of artist Marie Cedars will be on dis- most just choose to use the Web," he said. for himself, he could not find play in the Mary Couts Burnett Library until Oct. 1. Joe Scully, who publishes Frog Calls, said the a better place than Blooming- PeopleSoft system has also made TCU's version of ton. the campus directory more thorough and easier to He's uncovered the best publish. hunting and fishing spots in Library displays paintings "We do directories for TCU, Southern Methodist the area. He also said the best University, the University of North Texas and Texas crowds in the country are By Yvette Herrcra of creation from Genesis and the hor- ings are darker to stress death during Women's University using basically the same for- found in Assembly Hall. And STAFF REPORTER rors of the Holocaust."As I read the the days of destruction. mat, but TCU's is the most complete," he said. certainly, the city is home to a Paintings inspired by the work of book, I was so inspired that I could Miles Hayes, a senior photogra- Most college directories list a student's school few of his closest friends. Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel are actually visualize 12 paintings — phy major, said the colors are stun- address and phone number, but Frog Calls also lists While his home, nestled in on display in the Mary Couts Burnett bright versus dark," Cedars said in a ning. permanent addresses and phone numbers and e-mail the woods outside of Bloom- Library until Oct. 1. phone interview from her home in "The colors add to the intensity of addresses because of its computer system, Scully ington, has remained un- Artist Marie Cedars said her paint- Stephenville. the feeling," he said. said. changed, the people in the ings are based on "The Six Days of Cedars said bright colors in half of Diane Cooper, director of gifts to University have changed. His Destruction: Meditations Toward the paintings emphasize life in the Chris Gibson friends at IU have come and Hope," a novel based on the six days days of creation, while other paint- See EXHIBIT, Page 7 c.j.gibson@ student, tcu. edu gone. In an interview with ESPN Tuesday evening. Knight said 6 6l know this he has known for the past few will open up Student participates in dual-degree program years he didn't fit in with the many doors new crowd. Knight said he By Yvette Herrcra Whillock said because of the culture didn't think he "had any for me in the STAFF REPORTER Exchange program provides experience for Magafia shift from one language to another, stu- chance to abide by the rules" future when I Marisol Magafia, a junior communica- Magafia said. "My professor of commu- communications, said one of the mission dents might feel overwhelmed and tired. and that the administration's "Even if you speak Spanish well and am looking tions major, will be the pioneer student nication theories told me about this new statements in the proposal for the pro- allegations against him were a in a dual-degree program this semester program at the end of last semester." gram is to create ethical leaders in a you're from the U.S., Spanish is, still, a matter of interpretation.

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