Barley Rounded up His Neighbors and Offered Them Safety in His Scattered Ground-Floor Showers 9 Apartment
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WEDNESDAY TODAY APRIL 19,2000 When the tornados 97th Year • Number 103 swept through the Dallas/Fort Worth area High 82 March 28, Chuck Low 63 Barley rounded up his neighbors and offered them safety in his Scattered ground-floor Showers 9 apartment. TOMORROW High 83 Low 56 See Life, page 12 Fort Worth, Texas Serving Texas Christian University since 1902 www.skiff.tcu.edu 'CooP interaction House amends bylaws Social work, athletic departments tell Committees combined; Ferrari discusses future elementary students to stay in school By Kaitie Smith Advancement committee fell that there was By Jeff Anderson Jill Johnson, a junior social work STAFF REPORTER not enough to do," Donaldson said. "So we STAFF REPORTER major and School Is Cool Jam coor- The House of Student Representatives voted combined Technology Advancement with the School is cool. Especially when dinator, said about 300 children from Tuesday to amend the Student Government Dining Services committee to form Univer- you gel to have fun, exercise and in- Daggett, DeZavala and Lily B. Clay- Association Constitution bylaws after a sity Affairs." teract with other students, said Chris ton elementary schools participated lengthy debate. Some members were opposed to this change. Topher, an ll-year-old E.M. Daggett in Tuesday's event. "As it stands now, the House is made up of Town Representative James Applebury said Elementary School student and "We want to show them that school Sar* KmchiwQ/PHCno EDITOR seven committees," Vice President Sara Don- "I think the Dining Services committee does School is Cool Jam participant. is fun, exciting and rewarding," John- Basil Mitchell, a running back for the Green Bay aldson said. "We decided that by consolidating a lot more than people realize," Applebury said. Topher said he had the most fun at son said. "A lot of kids drop out of Packers, and former TCU tailback, signs auto- some of them, we could be more productive "They hire speakers for The Main and go to the relay race at Clifton and Sheridan school between sixth and eighth graphs for children at the School Is Cool Jam held and efficient." other schools to compare food prices and do Morris Practice Fields near Amon grade, and we want them to stay in Tuesday on the football practice fields. The event Members voted to remove the Technology surveys on food staff. Food is a common issue Carter Stadium. school." brought children from different elementary schools Advancement, Dining Services. Student Con- because everyone has to eat. Just because one "I liked the track," he said. "It's together to participate in activities and learn the im- cerns and University Relations committees. good exercise and flexes your legs." See JAM, Page 4 portance of staying in school. "Many current members of the Technology See HOUSE, Page 6 PULSE Metallica files lawsuit Shack built to raise awareness against 3 colleges, Napster CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (U- WIRE) — Heavy metal rock Brite students present views band Metallica has sued three universities and Nap- ster, whose software lets on effects of globalization users trade music files on the Internet, for allegedly en- By Kasey Feldman thing they do best, and it allows STAFF REPORTER couraging students to pirate each of us to have more and bet- Although it is over a thousand the band's music. ter products," he said. "I don't miles from the World Bank know the exact rules of the World The schools named in the suit, which was filed in U.S. demonstrations in Washington. Trade Organization, but there is District Court in Los Ange- D.C., the makeshift shack on the no question that environmental les Thursday, are Yale Uni- lawn beside Brite Divinity School rules, safety standards and child versity, the University of stands in protest of what some labor laws are different in differ- claim to be the negative effects of ent countries. And companies out- Southern California and In- diana University. globalization. side the U.S. don't have to comply The shack, made of old pallets, with U.S. regulations." About 200 schools nation- Robert Garnett. an instructor of wide have banned Napster corrugated metal and plastic tarps, is a replica of those Brite students economics, called the economic for copyright and network saw on a class trip environment cre- traffic reasons. The three to a shanty-town ated by current schools named in the suit "The shacks are built on top in Mexico just world trade poli- had not previously tried to of the town dump, and the across the border cies a "race to the prevent the use of the pro- children and pigs dig around from bottom." gram on their respective net- in the trash for food." Brownsville. "We're creating works, though Yale Texas. The stu- this world trade responded Friday by ban- —Peter Jones. dents viewed liv- system that en- ning student use of the soft- Brite Divinity student ing and working ^^^^^^^^ ^— courages reduc- ware. conditions there tions in standards "Our ultimate goal is to as part of a one credit-hour course rather than increases." he said. put Napster out of business over Spring Break. Daisy Machado, who led the or have them modify it in The students built it as part of class in Mexico, said at the Adi- some way so it doesn't in- efforts to raise awareness about das plant near the shanty town, fringe copyrights," King the effects of globalization. each worker sews 508 shoes a day said. "We also want to stop Peter Jones, a Brite student who for a salary of $36 a week. universities from facilitating helped build the shack, said the "Their homes look much like the use of Napster and have problem with globalization is the the one we built, made out of students and other users un- lack of international regulation. scrap material with dirt floors and derstand they're stealing He said companies can locate no bed." Jones said. "A family of material from artists they where the labor is cheapest and do five will all sleep on the floor to- like." not have to provide fair wages or gether. The shacks are built on top Gail Fine, Metallica's decent working conditions for of the town dump, and the chil- manager, said the suit is jus- their employees. dren and pigs dig around in the tified. Edward McNertney. chairman trash for food." "(Napster is) stealing our of the economics department, said Machado said one of the re- copyright, and stealing our globalization is not perfect, but it quirements of the course is for the intellectual property without does have its advantages. students to do something publicly our permission," she said. Kath«™« B«rr/9KIFF STAFF "The advantages of trading to show their feelings about the "We own certain copyrights. across borders are that it allows We have the right to do with The makeshift shack, located on the lawn beside the Brite Divinity School, was built by students to raise companies to specialize in the one See BRITE, Page 7 them what we see fit." awareness about the effects of globalization. —Harvard Crimson Harvard University Center aims School forms to help Inside GETTING to propel INVOLVED children with disorder School is cool. OK, so the last lime you may have said Program will also benefit TCU students that was when you were eating school status REAL school pizza, looking By Natucha Tare of TCU." Cooter said. "Rise will do as forward to some serious jungle Program will be first to use STAFF REPORTER much or more (as the Starpoint School) gym time and then nap time. actual capital for teaching A $1.5 million endowment from an with offering learning opportunities to Editorial, page 3 anonymous donor will fund a special pro- students on campus." By Yonin« Robinson gram at TCU for children with Down syn- Students majonng in education, social STAFF REPORTER drome. work, speech communication and many SPRING After his $6 million gift to the M.J. Neeley The Rise School of Fort Worth, mod- other areas will benefit from the interac- School of Business, James A. Ryffel said the CLEANING eled after three others in Tuscaloosa, Ala- tion with Down syndrome children on entrepreneurial center which bears his name The TCU VolleyFrogs Dallas and Houston, will be a year-round campus, said Cornell Thomas, special as- — and its $l million venture capiuil fund — wrapped up a series of program focused on the specialized needs sistant to the chancellor for diversity and spring tournaments Satur- will help propel the school to the top ranks of of children with Down syndrome. community. day with a successful show- American business schools. Two classrooms in the Starpoint "It is very exciting because of the po- ing in a tournament hosted 'TCU is the first school to offer an entre- School. 2829 Stadium Drive, will be pro- tential for TCU students to widen their preneurial program as an undergraduate course by Southern Methodist. vided for 20 children between the ages of perspective about differences," Thomas with a venture capital study program that uses said. "If students understand what Down Sports, page 10 18 months to 5 years, said Kathleen real money," Ryffel said. "So someone will be Cooter, principal of the Starpoint School. syndrome means and the capabilities as- in the school and learn how to raise money, do Tuition will be approximately $8,000 per sociated (with it), they will be more likely business plans and strategize a business." year, and classes will start Sept. 5. to hire those individuals in the (work VP IDEAS David Minor, director of the James A.