^4 TCU Daily 'Against the wall' Earning respect Head coach Gary Patterson said the TCUfootball team is Columnist Jonathan Sampson examines the balance in a must win situation if it wants to reach a school needed between the Skiff and its readers to keep the record fourth consecutive bowl. See Sports, page 8. system working. See Opinion, page 3. NowSKIFF in its 100th year of service to TCU Friday, November 9, 2001 Fort Worth, Texas Bush addresses nation on homeland security, how to serve By Sonya Ross and watching for suspicious activ- ated fears or passing rumors," Bush cheered and applauded the president. United States will emerge stronger. The address was billed as an up- ASSOCIATED PRESS ity. said. "We will rely on our good judg- "There is a difference between be- "None of us would ever wish the date on the war in Afghanistan, the ATLANTA — President Bush "Our citizens have new responsi- ment and our common sense." ing alert and being intimidated, and evil that has been done to our coun- anthrax scares at home and the new urged an uneasy nation Thursday bilities," the president said in Bush spoke in the Georgia World this nation will not be intimidated," try, yet we have learned that out of responsibilities of government and night to meet "our great national prime-time address. "We must be Congress Center before a ticketed Bush said. evil can come great good. During the all Americans. He also outlined ac- challenge" to protect America vigilant, inspect our mail, stay in- audience of 5,(XK) people, mostly Nearly two months after the hi- last two months, we have shown the tions the government has taken to against future terrorist attacks by formed on public health matters." public servants — police, postal jacker attacks in New York and world America is a great nation," he volunteering for community service "We will not give in to exagger- workers, firefighters, soldiers. They Washington, the president said the said. SEE BUSH, PAGE 4 Initiative Deadline for new aimed at UCR draft set back By Jacque Petenell the new core because each must first education STAFF REPORTER be evaluated. By Melissa DeLoach The deadline for the draft of the However, Enos said the commit- SKIFF STAFF new University Core Curriculum tee isn't looking to increase the cur- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A was pushed back until mid-Novem- rent 124 required UCR hours. group of educators, business exec- ber, allowing more time for assess- "We want to work with the utives and policy makers an- ing proposed classes, said Richard amount we already have," Enos said. nounced a plan Thursday to use Enos, chairman of the committee. "The effort is not to lay on any ad- research data to help improve aca- Enos said the current committee ditional work (for the students). We demic performance in the nation's is focusing on drafting a new core. may just shift things around." public schools. The next committee will review the The shape of the new UCR may By creating The National Cen- draft, look at ways to implement the include aspects other than just ter for Educational Accountability, core and find ways to assess what a classes. they said they hoped to provide a student understands, he said. Along with grades in the course, model for public school improve- The original deadline for the first Enos said there will be external as- ment by using a data management committee was the end of October. sessment of a student's performance. system to identify classroom suc- Enos said. The deadline was pushed Enos said the type of external as- cess and cutting-edge educational back, he said, because the commit- sessment hasn't been decided yet. resources to improve schools. tee had to review each class pn>- There haven't been complaints "I don't think effective teaching posed for the new core. about assessment but that there are can exist absent this kind of great Melissa Canady, director of as- no formal assessment rules. data," said Education Secretary sessment for the committee, said the Sharon Reynolds, a professor of Rod Paige. "For folks who use ac- new core could be implemented as educational psychology, said stu- countability and know how it soon as fall 2002. dents can be assessed in class works, it's a new way of doing The core would have to be through tests and class participation, business across our nation, a new "grandfathered" in, where it would but it is up to the departments to de- day in education and a good day only affect incoming freshmen. where there's a lot of progress." cide whether to change that system. Each core course will be given The National Center for Educa- An example, Reynolds said, equal consideration when deciding tional Accountability, which will would be instead of taking a test in be located at the University of which courses to keep, Enos said. Texas, is modeled after the Austin- No current courses will get placed in SEE UCR, PAGE 4 based 'Just for Kids," a non-profit organization that uses accountabil- ity data to examine and improve school performance. The new cen- Postal Service seeks ter is a joint partnership formed by 'Just for Kids,' the University of Texas at Austin and the Education Commission for the States. cash, slashes payroll "What we do is highlight suc- By Laurie Kellman of new equipment. cess stories in all of our public ASSOCIATED PRESS Additionally, the service asked for schools with every kind of child WASHINGTON — The Postal $2 billion to offset the deficit it said and every type of learning condi- Service asked Congress Thursday would result from the attacks. That's tion," said Tom Luce, who heads for $5 billion to help it rebound from in addition to the $1.35 billion deficit Just for Kids and will chair the the terrorist attacks and said it has cut it already had anticipated. Munger/PHOTO EDITOR new organization. "With our data millions of hours from workers' "We are working on the premise Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills, senior advertising/public relations major Allyson Cross and professor of in- we are able to find the most suc- shirts in an effort to stay afloat. that the leaders of the nation want all terior design Fred Oberkircher discuss current and future parking problems at the parking forum Thursday. Mills said cbse cessful schools and research their Without the money, stamp prices the mail system to be protected to 200 parking spaces will be removed due to construction of the Sarah and Steve Smith Entrepreneurs Hall. best practices." could skyrocket, employee hours against this type of terrorist threat in Paige said the initiative will could be cut even further and service the future." he said. provide parents and communities could be severely harmed, Postmas- Lawmakers agreed that the gov- with information they need to Students voice concerns ter General John Potter told a Senate ernment should do whatever neces- make a critical judgment about Appropriations subcommittee. sary to help the service bounce back their schools and education of their A disruption in the Postal Service, from terrorism, even if that means students. created to "bind commerce to- adding to the $ 175 million President "There is no more powerful en- over loss of parking space gether," could rip the economy apart. Bush has already approved. gine for change than parents who Potter added. But lawmakers said the one-time, have this kind of information and By Sarah McClellan enable students to voice their con- Will Stallworth, director of the "At a time when the economy is $2 billion request sounded like an ef- have some alternatives," he said. STAFF REPORTER cerns about the parking crunch ex- Physical Plant, said the lot north of fort to get Congress to save the serv- The initiative will provide pub- Students, faculty and staff filled perienced on campus and make Tandy Hall will close at the end of challenged, losing credibility in the ice from financial troubles that lic data that will help to ensure fair out surveys about parking concerns suggestions to help alleviate the the semester for construction of the mail system would exacerbate the comparisons between schools of in front of Mary Couts Burnett Li- problem, said Karl Kruse, Univer- Sarah and Steve Smith Entrepre- downturn that we've seen," he said. existed before the crisis. The postal the same characteristics, Paige brary Thursday at a forum sponsored sity Affairs Committee chairman. neurs Hall. The Sept, 11 terrorist attacks have system already has requested a 3 cent said. by the University Affairs Commit- The forum generated responses Don Mills, vice chancellor of stu- cost the Postal Service $3 billion to increase in stamp prices. "I don't know that there is much tee. ranging from a parking garage to re- dent affairs, said nearly 200 parking $4 billion, he said, citing damage to Melissa DeLoach The House of Student Represen- served spaces to alleviate the prob- facilities, medical treatment, envi- enthusiasm for 'bailing out.' m.d.deloach@ student, tcu.edu tatives committee held the forum to lem. SEE PARKING, PAGE 4 ronmental testing and the purchase SEE POSTAL, PAGE 4 Students endure 'Survivor TCU' STEPAS1DE By Sam Eaton how many points one would get for winner will be determined by a physi- STAFF REPORTER each event. Pratt said ROTC cadets are cal training test. For a group of 42 TCU students, required to participate in two or three Whoever receives the highest cumu- 'Survivor' is not just a television show. mornings of PT per week.