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2 T C U EST. 1902 DADAILYSKIFF.COMIL ∙ WEDNESDAY,Y SEPTEMBER S 17, 2008KIFF ∙ VOL. 106 ISSUE 13 Milton Daniel Hall will get Alumnus discusses racism a $10 million renovation. and the Constitution. Tomorrow in News. Tomorrow in News. Students petition for meal plan changes By Michael Carroll Rayle, creator of the Facebook group “Pe- say they hate it.” plan ranges from $1,799 to $2,099. Staff Reporter tition against TCU’s new meal plan,” said Rayle said students’ main complaints Unlimited access applies only to Mar- the quick response the group received is are the new Frog Bucks system, the price ket Square. Each plan includes $100 to More than 1,000 students struggling proof that opposition to the new meal increase from last year’s meal plans and $450 Frog Bucks, which can be used to to adjust to the new meal plan joined a plans is widespread. the inability to take food out of Market purchase food in other campus dining Facebook petition in its first week of ex- “They kept saying there was no opposi- Square, the new all-you-can-eat dining locations and certain off-campus eater- istence, giving some students hope that tion or a small fraction of opposition, so hall on campus. ies. The retail-style meal plan last year changes will be made, the creator of the I figured that Facebook was the best way The main goal is to get all on-campus ranged from $1,200 to $1,600, and stu- See what head football petition said. to prove them wrong,” Rayle said. “The dining on the swipe card, Rayle said. coach Gary Patterson Sophomore prebusiness major Albert more people I talk to, the more people The current unlimited-access meal SEE RESISTANCE · PAGE 2 said in his weekly press conference. Sports, page 8 Town home Schieffer book signing set for today POWER WHEELS A TCU alumnus and a fa- community miliar face on CBS for nearly 20 years, Bob Schieffer has captured the moments of his time intended for on Face the Nation in his new student use book, “Bob Schieffer’s By Rose Baca America.” Staff Reporter Schieffer Schieffer is hosting a A new town home development close to free book campus will likely further the university’s signing, open to the public goal of becoming a “residential campus,” a at 1:00 p.m. today at the Uni- university official said. versity Park Village Barnes & Don Mills, vice chancellor for student Noble. affairs, said the university hopes to have about 70 percent of undergraduates liv- Kristin Butler ing on or near campus . He said housing developments like the Cantey Place town homes, located on Parmer Avenue east of the Moudy Building, will likely draw in TOP iTUNES DOWNLOADS students, as have the extension of activi- ties for students, such as the University So What Recreation Center, a 24-hour library and 1 P!nk late-night functions at the Brown-Lupton Love Story University Union. 2 “Students who are living off campus will Taylor Swift want to live close so they can take advan- Whatever You Like 3 T.I. SEE DEVELOPMENT · PAGE 2 Disturbia 4 Rihanna Swagga Like Us 5 (feat.) Jay-Z & T. I. Office decreases hours required PECULIAR FACT LONDON - Trafalgar Square per year to keep routinely serves as a stage for mimes, jugglers and other acts, financial aid but the tourist attraction drew an exceptionally curious crowd By Jessica Reho Tuesday when the shortest man Staff Reporter who can walk met the woman with the longest legs. CHELSEA SMITH / Staff Reporter The Scholarships and Financial Aid — The Associated Press Cpl. Brad Murphey patrols outside of the Brown Lupton University Union on Tuesday on one of TCU Police’s new T3 Motion transporters. Committee is expecting a decrease in for- mal appeals for scholarship renewal this year because of its decision to change the requirement for renewal from completion Police add two T3 vehicles to patrol fleet of 27 hours per year to 24, a Financial Aid By Chance Welch are powered by a rechargeable battery, more pedestrian friendly. The depart- official said. Staff Reporter cutting down on greenhouse gas emis- ment looked into two-wheeled Seg- Michael Scott, director of scholarships sions. The vehicle comes with two re- ways before settling on the T3 Mo- and financial aid, said all TCU academic TCU Police will be turning heads movable batteries. According to the tion vehicles, Abad said. The standard scholarships require a 3.0 GPA at the end on its patrols around campus with a T3 Motion Inc. Web site, the vehicles police package costs just under $9,000 of freshman year and a 3.25 GPA for each new set of wheels. have user-selected settings for speeds per vehicle, said Brian Buccella, vice consecutive year, but what most students The police department has pur- up to a maximum of 25 mph. president of sales and marketing for seemed to overlook was the 27-hour re- chased two T3 Motion transporters Abad said the police department T3 Motion Inc. quirement of past years. to adapt to a more pedestrian-friendly began researching alternative forms The department isn’t going to get “We want students graduated in a timely campus, Lt. Ramiro Abad said. The of transportation several years ago fashion,” Scott said. “We don’t want to put new vehicles have three wheels and when the campus started becoming SEE WHEELS · PAGE 2 SEE AID · PAGE 2 New dept. chair hopes to update speech and hearing clinic The plus/minus system By Brian Smith Watts credits his professor for sparking Dr. Paulette Burns, dean of the Harris Hearing Clinic, and grow the graduate can be misleading. Staff Reporter his interest in the field. He ended up stay- College. “We’re very excited to have him program in terms of numbers.” Opinion, page 3 ing eight years at the University of South h e re .” Burns said about 20 students gradu- Alabama, earning a Ph.D. The woman The COSD has a “great reputation ate from the COSD every year. TCU Christopher Watts had no plans to en- who helped convince him to take his first regionally” and a “solid reputation na- also offers a two-year Master’s program ter into the field of speech-language pa- speech course also became his wife. The tionally,” Watts said. However, he believes in speech-language pathology, in which WEATHER thology before he went to school at the two will celebrate their 14th wedding an- there are ways to bolster the school’s rep- 12 students are enrolled in a given year. Today: Sunny University of South Alabama. In fact, the niversary this December. utation across the country. Burns and Watts said they hope to see an 82 / 59 main reason he took a course on the sub- Watts left his position at James Madi- “There’s so much potential in this de- expansion in the school’s graduate pro- Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny ject was because his girlfriend was also son University, where he was a tenured partment to see it evolve,” Watts said. gram sometime in the near future. 84 / 61 taking it. professor since 2004, to come to TCU. Some of the improvements he hopes to Watts is a member of the American Friday: Sunny “I just kind of fell into it,” Watts said “I saw a really good opportunity for bring to the department include updating Speech-Language-Hearing Association 85 / 61 about the beginning of his interest in the career growth,” Watts said. “I had aspira- the program’s curriculum and an expan- and a lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi field. tions to move into leadership, and there sion of the English as Second Language National Honor Society, according to the Now, he is the new chair of the Harris was a leadership position here.” program. Updates to the Miller Clinic are Harris College Web site. He is a frequent College of Nursing and Health Science’s Others in TCU’s medical commu- also needed, Watts said. published contributor to peer-reviewed Please Department of Communication Sciences nity are excited about having Watts on “First, we need to increase our physical journals and presenter to scientific and remember to and Disorders (COSD). Watts also heads board. space,” Watts said. “Once we have space, professional organizations. Watts has ex- recycle this the Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic on “He’s an outstanding scholar and teach- we will be able to expand the clinical ser- pertise in vocal physiology, voice disor- newspaper. campus. er and comes highly recommended,” said vices we offer in the Miller Speech and ders and motor speech disorders. PAGE 2 · WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 DAILYSKIFF.COM NEWS upperclassmen because they were The once-popular dining loca- RESISTANCE so used to the plan before.” tion served about 100 meals last continued from page 1 Rayle said his meeting with Al- week, Allen said. dents couldn’t purchase food off len was more successful. As of now, Pond Street hasn’t House of Representatives campus with their ID card. Allen said some small changes been changed, but there have al- Craig Allen, director of Resi- will be made, such as the instal- ready been talks about altering its dential Services, said the initial lation of clocks and an ice cream format to make it a viable dining passes four election bills student response to the meal machine in Market Square at the option once again, Allen said. plan has been about what was request of students. Legia Abato, marketing manag- expected.

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